Ramazzini was an early proponent of the use of cinchona bark (from which quinine is derived) in the treatment of Malaria. His most important contribution to medicine was his work on occupational diseases called De Morbis Artificum Diatriba (Diseases of Workers) which outlined the health hazards of chemicals, dust, metals, and other agents encountered by workers in 52 occupations. This was one of the founding and seminal works of occupational medicine and played a substantial role in its development. He served as professor of medicine at the University of Padua from 1700 until his death.
BernardinoRamazzini was born in a rather tumultous period of European history.
Ramazzini was a strong proponent of such treatment, recognizing the introduction of this medicament as a revolutionary event in the history of medicine, completing the downfall of the classic Greek physician Galen's medical theories advocating administration of purgatives in the treatment of disease.
Ramazzinis interest in occupational disease is evidenced here in the French translation of his two treatises on the health of the nobility and of the religious.
BernardinoRamazzini (November 3, 1633, Carpi - November 5, 1714, Padua) was an Italian physician.
Ramazzini was an early proponent of the use of cinchona bark (from which quinine is derived) in the treatment of Malaria.
His most important contribution to medicine was his work on occupational diseases called De Morbis Artificum Diatriba (Diseases of Workers) which outlined the health hazards of chemicals, dust, metals, and other agents encountered by workers in 52 occupations.
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