 Frontpage of the definitive 1713 edition of De Morbis Artificum Diatriba | |
| Author | Bernardino Ramazzini |
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| Language | Latin |
| Subject | Occupational medicine |
Publication date | 1700 |
| Publication place | Republic of Venice |
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The De Morbis Artificum Diatriba (Dissertation on Workers' Diseases) is the first book exploring working environments with the aim to identify the hazards that could harm health and cause specific disorders in individuals and in groups of workers who carried out the same activity (occupational diseases)(Di Pietro P 1999, Carnevale F et al. 2009). It was written in Latin by Bernardino Ramazzini and published in Modena in 1700. In 1713 the second edition was printed in Padua. For this work Ramazzini is the acknowledged father of occupational medicine (Pagel JL 1891; Garrison FH 1934) and the Diatriba has been cited by Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and Cotton Mather.