Mesorat%20hashas for Ketubot 104:4

לקתה חייב לרפאותה: תנו רבנן אלמנה ניזונת מנכסי יתומין וצריכה רפואה הרי היא כמזונות רבן שמעון בן גמליאל אומר רפואה שיש לה קצבה נתרפאת מכתובתה שאין לה קצבה הרי היא כמזונות

If she was injured he must provide for her medical treatment. Our Rabbis taught: A widow is to be maintained from [her husband’s] orphans’ estate; and if she requires medical treatment, it is regarded as maintenance. Shimon b. Gamaliel ruled: For medical treatment that has a limit, her medical costs are deducted from her ketubah. But medical cost that has no limit is regarded as maintenance.

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