Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 592

BERNARDINO RAMAZZINI (1633-1714) De morbis artificum diatriba. Typis Antonii Capponi 1700 viii, 360 pp. 19.4 cm.

Like many prominent physicians of his day, Ramazzini was a highly versatile individual--clinician, epidemiologist, sanitarian, poet, philosopher, and scholar. He was a prolific author and wrote on such subjects as the water supply of Modena, cattle plague, personal hygiene, and the abuse of cinchona. The present work, an early treatise on occupational diseases and the history of industrial medicine and hygiene, is regarded as his most important work. He discusses the diseases of over fifty occupations including miners, potters, masons, wrestlers, farmers, nurses, soldiers, and many others. In discussing the etiology, treatment, and prevention of these diseases he often goes back to Hippocrates, Celsus, and Galen, and, after summarizing their observations, relates his own experiences with the various diseases.

Cited references: Cushing R12; Garrison-Morton 2121; Osler 3760; Waller 7727

Gift of John Martin, M.D.