D&D General Edition Design Philosophies as Seen Through Magic Items

[Pamphylian]

Restoration in 1e wouldn't help you here. There was a different high-level spell - Regeneration - specifically for this purpose. Restoration in 1e was mostly (as in, almost exclusively IME) used for recovery of lost levels.

Yep your right I'm mixing up the various R spells (same in 5e).