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Headache as an occupational illness in the treatise "De morbis artificum diatriba" of Bernardino Ramazzini.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  8665586     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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.
Authors:
G Zanchin; P Rossi; H Isler; F Maggioni
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Biography; Historical Article; Journal Article; Portraits    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache     Volume:  16     ISSN:  0333-1024     ISO Abbreviation:  Cephalalgia     Publication Date:  1996 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1996-08-08     Completed Date:  1996-08-08     Revised Date:  2008-11-21    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8200710     Medline TA:  Cephalalgia     Country:  NORWAY    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  79-86     Citation Subset:  IM; Q    
Affiliation:
Neurological Institute, University of Padua, Italy.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Environmental Exposure / history
Headache / history*
History, 17th Century
History, 18th Century
Humans
Italy
Manuscripts, Medical / history*
Occupational Diseases / history*
Personal Name Subject
Personal Name Subject:
B Ramazzini

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