Commentary for Yoma 165:10
תנן אם אין שם בקיאין מאכילין אותו ע"פ עצמו טעמא דליכא בקיאין הא איכא בקיאין לא ה"ק בד"א דאמר לא צריך אני אבל אמר צריך אני אין שם בקיאין כלל מאכילין אותו ע"פ עצמו שנאמר לב יודע מרת נפשו
That means only if no experts are there, but not if such experts were there? - This is what is meant: These things are said only for the case that he says, ' do not need it', but if he says, 'I need it', then there are no experts<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Such experts, opposing the patient's own view, would be ignored: 'They are not present at all'.');"><sup>9</sup></span> there at all, [and] one feeds him at his own wish, as it is said: 'The heart knoweth its own bitterness'. <big><b>MISHNAH: </b></big>IF ONE IS SEIZED BY A RAVENOUS HUNGER,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' **, bulimy, ox-hunger.');"><sup>10</sup></span>
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