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Ramazzini, Bernardino
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5,000 - 7,000 USD
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De morbis artificum diatriba. Modena: Antonio Capponi, 1700
8vo (7 ¾ x 5 ½ in.; 197 x 140 mm, uncut). Half title and title decorated with printer's ornaments; dampstain in gutter of first and last few quires. Contemporary flexible boards; joints mended, tear in backstrip, head of spine mended. Rust cloth drop-box.
8vo (7 ¾ x 5 ½ in.; 197 x 140 mm, uncut). Half title and title decorated with printer's ornaments; dampstain in gutter of first and last few quires. Contemporary flexible boards; joints mended, tear in backstrip, head of spine mended. Rust cloth drop-box.
Literature
Garrison-Morton 2121; Krivatsy 9366; Norman 1776; Osler 3760; PMM 170; Waller 7727; Wellcome IV, 467
Catalogue Note
First edition, by "the father of occupational medicine."
This is the first work to deal with occupational diseases in a comprehensive fashion. Ramazzini (1633-1714) was professor of medicine at Modena and Padua, and a correspondent of Morgagni, Malpighi and Leibniz. The author includes results of his own investigations, gathered while serving as town physician of Canino. He outlines the hazards of chemicals, dust, metals and abrasive agents encountered by workers in fifty-two occupations including miners, potters, masons, farmers, nurses and soldiers.