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ART. XI. 
Experiments and Obfervations upon the Hartfell 
»Spaw, made at. Moffat 1750; and an Ac- 
count of its Medicinal Virtues, fo far as they 
have-hitherto been difcovercd from experience ; 
voby. Wirttiam Horsepurcu, M.D. 
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HIS Spaw fprings from the Hartfell 
amountain, about. three miles ‘north of 
Me ea ; and jis commonly called W illiamfon’s 
water, from Mr ohn Willkamfon, who dit 
‘covered it in 1748,, and. who has been at a 
good deal of pains, and fome expence, to 
j amake it acceflible, by mending the road, 
clearing. away the! dirt about the « {pring, 
and» fitting it with a f{pout, that it may be 
- -more conveniently taken up. 
7 _) ‘Tue water on which I made the following 
7 experiments, had been taken up three or 
four days from the {pring, and was contained 
_ an bottles well corked’ and: waxed ; it: was ta- . 
_ken up on the 26th of Agu after avery 
rainy feafon. 
peek ie was quite: vee ne pellucia, 
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