ALIMENTATION

n. A?l-i7-me?nt-a/shu’n. Lat., alimentatio. Fr., alimentation. Ger., Nahrung. It, aliment a men to. Sp., alimentaciôn. 1. A proce or system of giving food. 2. The proce es of digesting and absorbing food.—Artificlal a. Fr., a. artificielle. The nourishing of persons who are unable or pe take food in the ordinary way.—A. artificielle forcée (Fr.). The feeding of those who resist.—A. volontaire (Fr.). The feeding of those who are willing to take food, but who are unable to do so.— A. curative (Fr.), The treatment of disease with pou but food. ZA. forcée (Fr.). See Forced a.—A. iodique (Fr.). The admi i strati on of iodine ae mixing it with the food.—A. médicamenteuse (Fr.). An indirect method of medication by pore pontine the food with a drug, by administering the drug either to the mother (in the case of a riven infant) or to an animal the flesh of which is to be used as food. [L, 87.]—Foreed a. 1. The feeding of a person against his will. 2. The giving of more food to a person than he craves. [L.] See also Gavacr.—Rectal a. Feeding by means of nutrient. enemata.