Show Named After Famous Spa Magnesium sulphate came Into use during the Seventeenth century In Inconsequence Inconsequence inconsequence consequence of ot the Epsom spa In England which became famous as a n watering place and health resort about 1040 1610 wrote Charles H. H LaWall LaVall LaVallIn In Four Thousand Years of Phar Phar- mae macy Later in the same century Dr FrIedrich Hoffman found the waters waters waters wa wa- of the spring In Germany Germany Ger Ger- many to contain magnesium sulphate and so the terms Epsom salt and Sel salt were used to designate this same substance long before Its composition had been established |