Also known as hydrotherapy center, spa center
thumb|right|200px|The medicinal spa of Harkány is supplied by thermal wells that produce high sulfide content chloride water containing sodium-, calcium- and hydrogen carbonate. A spa is a location where mineral-rich spring water (sometimes seawater) is used to give medicinal baths. Spa health treatments are known as balneotherapy. The belief in the curative powers of mineral waters and hot springs goes back to prehistoric times. Spa towns, spa resorts, and day spas are popular worldwide, but are especially widespread in Europe and Japan.
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Bathing in Greek and Roman times
- Bathing in medieval times
- Bathing in the 18th century
- Bathing in the 19th and 20th centuries
- Bathing in colonial America
- Bathing in 19th- and 20th-century America
- Recent trends
- Regulation of the industry
- Gallery
- See also
- Notes
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|right|200px|The medicinal spa of Harkány is supplied by thermal wells that produce high sulfide content chloride water containing sodium-, calcium- and hydrogen carbonate. A spa is a location where mineral-rich spring water (sometimes seawater) is used to give medicinal baths. Spa health treatments are known as balneotherapy. The belief in the curative powers of mineral waters and hot springs goes back to prehistoric times. Spa towns, spa resorts, and day spas are popular worldwide, but are especially widespread in Europe and Japan.
==Etymology==
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