De Morbis Artificum Diatriba

De Morbis Artificum Diatriba
Frontpage of the definitive 1713 edition of De Morbis Artificum Diatriba
AuthorBernardino Ramazzini
CountryRepublic of Venice
LanguageLatin
SubjectOccupational Medicine
Publication date
1713
Media typePrint

The De Morbis Artificum Diatriba (Dissertation on Workers' Diseases) is the first book written specifically about occupational diseases and work-related risk prevention.[1] It was written in Latin by Bernardino Ramazzini and published in Modena in 1700. In 1713 the second edition was printed in Padua. Since a long time, Ramazzini is the acknowledged father of occupational medicine (Pagel JL. Über Bernardino Ramazzini und seine Bedeutung in der Geschichte der Gewerbehygiene. Dtsch Med Wschr 1891;17:224-6; Garrison FH. Founder and father of industrial medicine. Bull NY Acad Med 1934;12:679-94). The Diatriba has been cited by Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and Cotton Mather, and is considered a seminal work in the field of occupational medicine and occupational health.[2] It describes between 53 and 69 different professions, and includes analytical and methodological approaches to diagnose and prevent diseases associated with them.[1][3] It was the first book to consider substance exposure as a cause of headaches.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Zanchin, G; Rossi, P; Maggioni, F; Isler, H (1996). "Headache as an Occupational Illness in the Treatise "De Morbis Artificum Diatriba" of Bernardino Ramazzini". Cephalalgia. 16 (2): 79–86. doi:10.1046/j.1468-2982.1996.1602079.x. PMID 8665586.
  2. ↑ Felton, J.S. (1997). "The heritage of Bernardino Ramazzini". Occupational Medicine. 47 (3): 167–179. doi:10.1093/occmed/47.3.167. PMID 9156474.
  3. ↑ Araujo-Alvarez, J.M.; Trujillo-Ferrara, J.G. (2002). "De Morbis Artificum Diatriba 1700-2000" (PDF). Salud Publica de Mexico. 44 (4): 362–370. doi:10.1590/S0036-36342002000400010. ISSN 0036-3634. PMID 12216524.
  4. ↑ Maggioni, F.; Rossi, P; Zanchin, P. (1995). "Headache Associated with Exogeneous Substances - An Idea First Considered in the 18th Century". Confinia Celphalalgica. 4 (2): 67–71. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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