3 <;i ACIDULATED WATERS 



1778, indeed, the illudrious L. R. Aldroemfr. 

 Couniellor of the Palace, and Comniendator of 

 the order of Vafu, Tent me twelve pints of the 

 water of Medvi, and half a pint of a liquor that 

 remained after the evaporation of ten pints 

 and an half of the lame water, with a brief de- 

 tail of experiments made upon it by Dr Dubb; 

 and at his dcfire I immediately fct about ana'- 

 lyiing it. I have el (c\v here related wliat I then 

 obicrved *. But having myfolf, in this very 

 year, had occafion to vilit that watering place, 

 I availed myfelf of the opportunity to make 

 ntw and more accurate experiments upon the 

 mineral waters of Medvi, of which I (hall hcni 

 give an account. * 



in. Pbyjical Qialitifs of tbc Waters of Medvi. 



THE water of the mineral fprings of Medvi, 

 is indeed limpid, but not fo clear as common 

 fpring water. 



In the month ot'Augult, I found the tempe- 

 rature to be, at the bottom of the well, 6 ) de- 

 grees above zero in the Swedish thermometer, 

 and 7dcgrecsofthe fame thermomcterat thelur- 

 face. At the ufual hour of drinking the water, 

 the temperature of the well was fomc dt-gr^es a- 

 bove'tliat of the open atmofphtre ; but this, as 

 well as the difference between the temperature 

 of the furfuce and that of the bottom of the well, 



might- 



* Opufc. C!icm. v. r. p. 755. 



