1.   Magnesium sulphate has lately been shown to reduce mortality in suspected myocardial infarction and may reduce the incidence of ventricular arrhythmias.

2.   For faecal examination saturated magnesium sulphate should be used as the flotation solution because of the heavy density of the eggs.

3.   And magnesium sulphate can be used as fertilizer.

4.   The resulting magnesium sulphate is non-caustic and easy to handle compared to the gooey, unusable gypsum that results from using lime on sulphur-polluted mine water.

5.   Giving injections of magnesium sulphate to expectant mothers who have pre-eclampsia can halve their risk of dangerous seizures and save their lives, a major new study has found.

6.   Magnesium sulphate was so good that the committee decided to stop the study immediately.

7.   Scientists suspect that magnesium sulphate might work by relaxing the walls of the blood vessels to the brain.

8.   Magnesium sulphate was first used in obstetric care in the United States nearly a century ago but its effectiveness had never been assessed on a wide scale.