The patient emaciates rapidly.
"Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition."
Alexander Miles Alexis Thomson
The patient emaciates because of the lack of ability to keep food long enough to receive any benefits therefrom.
"The Mother and Her Child"
William S. Sadler Lena K. Sadler
Consequently, as a prominent symptom, the body wastes and emaciates.
"Nature Cure"
Henry Lindlahr