The Ten Books on Architecture, 8.3.20

Vitruvius  translated by Morris Hicky Morgan

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20Then there are springs in which wine seems to be mingled, like the one in Paphlagonia, the water of which intoxicates those who drink of the spring alone without wine. The Aequians in Italy and the tribe of the Medulli in the Alps have a kind of water which causes swellings in the throats of those who drink it.

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