'It would be of no use to give her sleeping medicines, for after a few days they would have no effect, except to excite her nerves unnaturally.' 'Or something to give her an appetite,' suggested Madame Bernard vaguely.
'She has an excellent appetite if she only knew it.

The reason why she does not eat is that she does not know she is hungry, though she is half starved.

I served in the African campaign when I was a young military surgeon.

I have seen healthy men faint for want of food when they had plenty at hand because they could not realise that they were hungry in their intense preoccupation.

Great emotions close the entrance to the stomach, often for a considerable time.