Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 593

BERNARDINO RAMAZZINI (1633-1714) De morbis artificum . . . diatriba Mutinae olim edita. Per Jo. Baptistam Conzattum 1713 [16] 453 [27] pp. 16.5 cm.

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At the age of eighty, Ramazzini revised his important contribution to industrial medicine and saw it published only a year before his death. He rearranged the latter portion of the book, added many new case histories, and included a supplement of twelve new chapters on occupations he had not previously described. In addition to the supplement, Ramazzini also wrote a separate dissertation for this edition, perhaps to make the book more attractive to prospective buyers. The dissertation--De virginum vestalium valetudine tuenda--dealt with the ways in which nuns could preserve their health.

Cited references: Cushing R12 (1st ed., 1700); Garrison-Morton 2121 (1st ed.); Osler 3760 (1st ed.); Waller 7727 (1st ed.)

Gift of John Martin, M.D.