Commentary for Avodah Zarah 53:18
אלא ריפוי ממון בהמתו ריפוי נפשות גופיה והיינו דאמר רב יהודה אפילו ריבדא דכוסילתא לא מתסינן מינייהו
Rather, “healing related to money” therefore relates to one's cattle, and personal healing to one's own body, about which Rav Judah said: Even the wound over a bloodletting incision should not be healed by them.
Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
The Talmud solves the puzzle by suggesting that a Jew may go to a non-Jewish veterinarian because there is no fear to his life. But he may not go to a non-Jewish doctor for his own healing because there is always the fear that the doctor will kill him.
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