The origins of bottled water can be (36)
back to the earliest (37) . Well aware of water’s
health facts, the Romans searched for and developed sources as they set about
(38) their empire. The spa movement that began
to (39) in Europe in the eighteenth century had its origins
in baths dating from Roman times. Science and (40) touted
natural mineral water’s (41) effects for bathing, showering
and drinking. For example, as early as 1760, people came to Contrexeville in
France for a cure to (42) kidney stones. The spa tradition
was also developing in many other countries, including Italy and the
Americas. Cold spa waters were bottled for the first time in
France in the 1850s. The legal permit to bottle Vittel Grande Source natural
mineral water was (43) as early as 1855. (44) . In 1845, Poland Spring water was bottled for sale in
threegallon demi-johns. In South America, Sao Lourenco bottled water appeared in
Brazil in 1890. (45) the haute bourgeoisie, captains of
industry, politicians, royalty, and so on. It was bottled in glass or stoneware,
with porcelain or cork stoppers. By the mid-nineteenth century, however,
(46) . Bottling methods changed as consumption spread, and
by the mid-twentieth century, global production had climbed to several hundred
million bottles.