Thus, vegetative life -- including circulation, respiration, alimentation, etc. -- or vital force, is said to be (or reside in) the core or essence of the organism.
Between 1900 and 1940, the central processes of metabolism were described: the process of digestion and the absorption of the nutritive elements derived from alimentation, such as the sugars.
Upon their arrival, they were enregistered by the imperial authorities in order to be supplied with food and monthly alimentation in the space of half a year.
