Force-feeding
![A suffragette is force-fed in HM Prison Holloway in the UK during hunger strikes for women's suffrage.[1]](/Images/godic/202501/13/Forcefeeding0504.jpg")
![Clipping from World Magazine, September 6, 1914](/Images/godic/202501/13/Djuna_Barnes_Clipping0504.jpg")
![Guantanamo captives who will not comply with force-feeding have their arms, legs and head restrained in a feeding chair. They remain strapped in the chair until the nutrient is digested, to prevent induced vomiting.](/Images/godic/202501/13/Restraint_chair_used_for_enteral_feeding_-b0504.jpg")
![Ancient Egyptian force-feeding a hyena](/Images/godic/202501/13/Hyena-forcefeed0504.jpg")
Force-feeding is the practice of feeding a human or other animal against their will. The term "gavage" (pronunciation: /ɡəˈvɑːʒ/) refers to the supplying of a nutritional substance by means of a small plastic feeding tube passed through the nose (nasogastric) or mouth (orogastric) into the stomach. In hospitals, some psychiatric patients can also be restrained so that sedatives can be injected into them; this happens if patients have been non-compliant with their instructions.