Aliment

Its equilibrium seems never to be disturbed, or, if disturbed at all, it is immediately restored by the mutual exchange of poison for aliment, which is constantly going on between the animal and vegetable worlds. ❋ Ira Mayhew (1854)

But when the matter which fills the stomach can be regarded neither as an aliment, that is, as proper to be assimilated, nor as a tonic stimulating the nerves, the cessation of hunger is probably owing only to the secretion of the gastric juice. ❋ Unknown (1851)

The fact is, the stomach is not a single organ, but in reality a congeries of organs, each receiving its own proper kind of aliment, and developing itself by outward bumps and prominences, which indicate with amazing accuracy the existence of the particular faculty to which it has been assigned. ❋ Various (N/A)

In proportion as a woman subsists upon aliment which is free from earthy and bony matter will she avoid pain and danger in delivery; hence, the more ripe fruit, acid fruit in particular, and the less of other kinds of food, but particularly of bread or pastry of any kind, is consumed, the less will be the danger and sufferings of childbirth. ❋ Anonymous (N/A)

Added to this, the aliment which is taken at dinner time so exhausts the animal warmth, as to leave the whole body in a state of refrigeration. ❋ Hugh Smith (N/A)

We have often heard him name the circumstance with gratitude; and it is not altogether surprising that a relish for this kind of aliment, so abhorrent and harsh to common English palates, has accompanied him through life. ❋ Various (N/A)

It is even sometimes considered holy food: -- "The zamindar of Idar, who is named Naron Das, lives with such austerity that his only food is grain which has passed through oxen and has been separated from their dung; and this kind of aliment the Brahmans consider pure in the highest degree." ❋ R. V. Russell (N/A)

The 'aliment' formerly granted to them, and unpaid when they seized the Bass, was to be handed over to them. ❋ Andrew Lang (1900)

THUS THE PIG TRIBE, though not a ruminating mammal, as might be inferred from the number of its molar teeth, is yet a link between the herbivorous and the carnivorous tribes, and is consequently what is known as an omnivorous quadruped; or, in other words, capable of converting any kind of aliment into nutriment. ❋ Isabella Mary (1861)

In Scotland, the property of the wife is protected; rules are made for her "aliment" or support; and her clothes and "paraphernalia" cannot be seized by her husband. ❋ Unknown (1855)

It is not in human nature, at least it was not in mine, to embitter the delicious aliment which is offered to our vanity, by admitting any uncomfortable doubts of the source from which it is derived. ❋ John Greenleaf Whittier (1849)

After my researches to corroborate M. Schirach's discovery, I was desirous of learning whether, as this observer conceives, the only means which the bees have of procuring a queen, is giving the common worms a certain kind of aliment, and rearing them in the largest cells. ❋ Fran��ois Huber (1790)

What is more surprising still, what moreover we cannot comprehend at all, is the delicate sensitiveness of tact -- I would almost say of instinct -- with which each one of the million millions of tiny atoms of which our body is composed, draws out of the blood -- the common food of all -- exactly that aliment which is necessary to it, leaving the rest to his neighbor, and this without ever making a mistake. ❋ Jean Mac�� (1854)

The reviews also emphasize the fact that both healing and physical aliment have different aspects. ❋ Matt J. Rossano (2011)

Rihanna was hospitalized for a mystery aliment after playing a concert in Zurich, Switzerland, on Monday night. ❋ Unknown (2010)