Very helpful and characteristic also are the patients' statements to the effect that, although they have fine appetites and are hungry, they are afraid to eat. It is valuable because it is quite pathognomonic of cholecys¬ titis, and because it testifies eloquently to the reality and severity of the suffering which is so dreaded.
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