Chapter Bernardino Ramazzini e il suo De Morbis artificum diatriba
Abstract
Bernardino Ramazzini, after a rigorous training and constant industriousness in the clinical and epidemiological field, published, in Latin, in 1700 the first edition of the treatise on the diseases of artisans. He argues, based on his experience and his erudition, how various categories of workers get sick from the work they do. He invites his medical colleagues to attend as he did the homes of the poor and the artisan shops and to always ask their patients for the work they usually do. He passionately urges the State, the Princes, the merchants to pay the debts contracted towards the useful workers, encouraging everyone and even the workers themselves to implement preventive measures because it is preferable to prevent diseases than to cure them.
Keywords
Medicine; work; health; artisansDOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0319-7.61ISBN
9791221503197, 9791221503197Publisher
Firenze University PressPublisher website
https://www.fupress.com/Publication date and place
Florence, 2024Series
Studi e saggi, 257Classification
General and world history