OF MED VI. s;y 



S v. Of the internal tfft of ibc Water of Medvi. 



1 HAVE heard many who were in ufc to ilrink 

 the waters of iVIedvi 30 or /p years ago complain 

 that it* ftrength and \irtucarc no longer the 

 fame; but its taftc more inlipid, and a larger 

 quantity ncceiFary to be drunk at onre, in or- 

 der to produce the proper eileil. Hut. it is by 

 no means a fure tell, to talle after a long inter- 

 val, \shat you had tailed once before, forage 

 impairs the fenfibility of the tongue. Again, as 

 to this water being drunk in larger quantity 

 now than formerly, that is no proof of its loiing 

 irs virtues. Iliiirne relates, that on the firil 

 tlifcovcry of the fpring of Medvi, a certain per- 

 Ion who had loft the ufe of his feet, drank a 

 whole firkin of the water every day, and at night, 

 too, called for water whenever he awaked. So 

 far, however, was this pcrfon from being hurt 

 by drinking it in fuch enormous quantities, that 

 he was in the fpaec of a few weeks, rcltorcd to 

 perfect health. I can readily grant, indeed, 

 that but few, and thofc pcrfonsof a llrong frame 

 and a vigorous conilitution, could drink fo much 

 water without being injured by it. But what I 

 want to prove, and that is plain from IlktTnc's 

 relation, is that no inference can be drawn a- 

 the ilrcngth of the water, from the cir- 



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