Responsa for Ketubot 151:1

חדא במקום תרתי וחדא במקום תרתי לא אמרינן עד שלא תתארס העמד הגוף על חזקתו לא איכא למימר מאי איכא חזקה דאין אדם שותה בכוס אלא אם כן בודקו והאי ראה וניפייס הוא אדרבה חזקה אין אדם מיפייס במומין והעמד ממון על חזקתו

this is one principle against two principles, and we do not invoke one principle against two. [But where the defects were discovered] before betrothal, the presumption that one can place of the body in its previous presumed status cannot be applied, and all that remains he has first examined it and that this man must consequently have seen [the defects] and reconciled himself to them, [but to this it can be retorted:] On the contrary, the presumption is that no man is reconciled to bodily defects, and consequently the money is to remain in the possession of its holder.

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