Commentary for Yoma 165:9
מר בר רב אשי אמר כל היכא דאמר צריך אני אפי' איכא מאה דאמרי לא צריך לדידיה שמעינן שנאמר לב יודע מרת נפשו
Mar son of R'Ashi said: Whenever he says.' I need [food]', even if there be a hundred who say, 'He does not need it', we accept his statement, as it is said: 'The heart knoweth its own bitterness'. We learned in the Mishnah: If no experts are there one feeds him at his own wish.
Rashi on Yoma
Mar Bar Rav Ashi said – Do not explain the end of the Mishna that way. Where (the ill person) says, "I need (food)," When there are two (doctors or experts) who say he does not need (food), we do not listen to him. We don't say that. When he says "I need" and even if 100 (doctors or experts) say he doesn't, we listen to him. What is the reason? The heart knows the bitterness of the soul.
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