aliment

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In which sence the Friends of this Distinction say, that Chyle is the matter of Blood, and Blood that of a Humane Body, of all whose Parts ’tis presum’d to be the Aliment.

From The Sceptical Chymist or Chymico-Physical Doubts & Paradoxes, Touching the Spagyrist's Principles Commonly call'd Hypostatical; As they are wont to be Propos'd and Defended by the Generality of Alchymists. Whereunto is præmis'd Part of another Discourse relating to the same Subject. by Boyle, Robert

Whatever unnecessary Aliment a Child receives, weakens, instead of strengthening him.

From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)

There are Fishes that yield much Aliment, and there are Sorts of Flesh that yield but little.

From Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. by Erasmus, Desiderius

Aliment is thus given, where drink only was required; and the stomach, overloaded and oppressed, is apt to become irritable, and is thus brought into a condition most favourable to the occurrence of cholera.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin

She was troubled with frequent Swoonings, and unaccountable Longings for certain sorts of Aliment.

From Tractus de Hermaphrodites Or, A Treatise of Hermaphrodites by Jacob, Giles