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Ramazzini, Bernardino

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Ramazzini, Bernardino (1633–1714)

Italian physician and philosopher. He was appointed professor of theoretical medicine at Modena University in 1682, moving to Padua as professor of practical medicine in 1700. He wrote about 20 books, the most famous of which is De Morbis Artificum Diatriba (1700), which was the first systematic treatise on occupational diseases and the first history of industrial medicine and hygiene. It deals with the diseases of 52 occupations, including pneumoconiosis and other miners' diseases, lead poisoning in potters, silicosis in stone masons, and diseases of metal workers. Ramazzini born in Carpi, Italy. He graduated in philosophy and medicine from Parma University in 1659.



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