Headache as an occupational illness in the treatise "De morbis artificum diatriba" of Bernardino Ramazzini

The treatise "De morbis artificum diatriba" (Modena, 1700) is considered to be the first text to specifically deal with occupational illnesses. It was also the last for over 150 years. Written by Bernardino Ramazzini (Carpi, 1633-Padua, 1714), a professor at the University of Padua from 1700 to 1714, the book highlights the importance given at the time to headache as an occupational symptom. Among the 69 professions described, accounting for the majority of the occupations of the period, 12 were found to lead to headache as an important symptom caused by work. Ramazzini appears to have paid more attention to this than we do today. Ramazzini's work opens up a wide view on social conditions in the 18th century, as his sensitivity for occupational hazards was exceptional. His remarks on headache are typical of his way of collecting first-hand experience of working conditions, and they underline the importance of occupational hazards in the assessment of headache, today just as in 1710.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1996

Erschienen:

1996

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

Enthalten in:

Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache - 16(1996), 2 vom: 15. Apr., Seite 79-86

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zanchin, G [VerfasserIn]
Rossi, P [VerfasserIn]
Isler, H [VerfasserIn]
Maggioni, F [VerfasserIn]
Ramazzini, B [Sonstige Person]

Themen:

Biography
Historical Article
Journal Article
Portrait

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Date Completed 08.08.1996

Date Revised 30.11.2018

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM086389351