Pinel admires the skill of Marguerite Pussin, who was able to alter "the convictions of a man whose life was endangered by his delusional and infuriated insistence on abstaining from any food.
Pinel beundrede Marguerite Pussins dygtighed, hun var i stand til at ændre "de overbevisninger en mand, hvis liv var truet af hans vrangforestillinger og rasende insisteren på at afholde sig fra enhver fødevarer.