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Old October 14th, 2012, 05:05 PM
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As you are looking for History of Spa so below I am providing you an attachment where you can get more information about spa therapy.

Spa Therapy
The word “spa” may be derived from the Walloon word
“Espa” meaning fountain.1 2 this, in turn, came from the
Name of the Belgian town Spa, where in the 14th century
a curative, thermal spring was discovered. Spa may also originate from the Latin word “spagere” (to scatter, sprinkle, moisten) or may be an acronym of the Latin phrase “sanitas per aquas” (health through water).2 In Britain, the word spa is still used, whereas in the rest of Europe the term “thermal waters” is preferred. Bathing in thermal water for therapeutic purposes has several descriptions
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