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תא שמע, דתני רבה בר שמואל: עוברה שהריחה — מאכילין אותה עד שתשוב נפשה, ומי שנשכו כלב שוטה — מאכילין אותו מחצר כבד שלו, והחושש בפיו — מטילין לו סם בשבת, דברי רבי אלעזר ברבי יוסי, שאמר משום רבי מתיא בן חרש. וחכמים אומרים: בזו ולא באחרת. ״בזו״ אהייא? אילימא אעוברה, פשיטא! עוברה מי איכא למאן דאמר דלא? אלא לאו — אסם. שמע מינה.
Come and hear a proof for the matter, as Rabba bar Shmuel taught in the following baraita: With regard to a pregnant woman who smells and craves food, one feeds her until she is satisfied, even on Yom Kippur; and in the case of one whom a mad dog bit, one feeds him from the lobe of its liver; and in the case of one who has pain in his mouth, one places medicine in his mouth on Shabbat; this is the statement of R' Elazar, son of R' Yosei, who said it in the name of R' Matya ben Ḥarash. And the Rabbis say: In this case and no other. The Talmud clarifies: To which case is this one referring? If we say they said this about a pregnant woman, it is obvious; is there anyone who says one should not give a pregnant woman food? Rather, is it not referring to the halakha pertaining to medicine on Shabbat, which they agree is permitted? Learn from this that the Rabbis did not disagree about this.
רב אשי אמר: מתניתין נמי דיקא — ועוד אמר רבי מתיא בן חרש: החושש בפיו מטילין לו סם בשבת, ולא פליגי רבנן עליה. ואם איתא דפליגי רבנן עליה, ליערבינהו וליתנינהו, וליפלגו רבנן בסיפא. שמע מינה.
Rav Ashi said: The wording of the Mishnah is also precise in accordance with this approach, as it was taught in the Mishnah: And furthermore, R' Matya ben Ḥarash said: In the case of one who suffers pain in his mouth, one places medicine in his mouth on Shabbat, and the Rabbis do not disagree with him and say otherwise. And if it is so that the Rabbis disagree with him, then let the Mishnah combine the two halakhot and teach them together, and let the Rabbis disagree with both points in the latter clause. Since the Mishnah was not written this way, but instead the dispute of the Rabbis appears after R' Matya’s statement about the mad dog, learn from here that the Rabbis did not disagree with him about the halakha with regard to medicine.