In 1958, the council spent 20 million Francs on buying back the establishment it had sold 12 years earlier for just 1 million . At the same time, Dr Lépinay, who had arrived at the spa in 1949, was pursuing his research: in addition to patients with severe eczema, he observed that the Saint-Gervais spring waters had an impact on scar healingscar healing and could be used on patients with severe burns.burns
