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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 Contrexéville 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 1850 s. 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.