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RAMAZZINI, Bernardino (1633-1714). De Morbis Artificum diatriba. Modena: Antonio Capponi, 1700.
8° (171 x 106mm). (An occasional small stain, some very light browning.) Contemporary speckled calf, gilt spine (slight wear to head and tail of spine).
FIRST EDITION of a pioneering treatise on occupational disease and industrial hygiene. Ramazzini observed that some disorders were linked to certain occupations, such as sciatica in tailors, or resulted from exposure to certain substances, such as lead or mercury. He described phthisis in miners, eye-problems in printers and gilders, and lead-poisoning in potters, among other occupational hazards. As pointed out in Printing and the Mind of Man, the appearance of De Morbis Artificum Diatriba was timely, coinciding with the age of industrial development when "prevention of accidents from machinery and the general health of workers became increasingly important." Ramazzini's continued reputation in medicine is recognised by a leading Italian medical journal entitled, Il Ramazzini, published since 1907. PMM 170; Garrison-Morton 2121; Notable Medical Books from the Lilly Library, Indiana University, 99.
8° (171 x 106mm). (An occasional small stain, some very light browning.) Contemporary speckled calf, gilt spine (slight wear to head and tail of spine).
FIRST EDITION of a pioneering treatise on occupational disease and industrial hygiene. Ramazzini observed that some disorders were linked to certain occupations, such as sciatica in tailors, or resulted from exposure to certain substances, such as lead or mercury. He described phthisis in miners, eye-problems in printers and gilders, and lead-poisoning in potters, among other occupational hazards. As pointed out in Printing and the Mind of Man, the appearance of De Morbis Artificum Diatriba was timely, coinciding with the age of industrial development when "prevention of accidents from machinery and the general health of workers became increasingly important." Ramazzini's continued reputation in medicine is recognised by a leading Italian medical journal entitled, Il Ramazzini, published since 1907. PMM 170; Garrison-Morton 2121; Notable Medical Books from the Lilly Library, Indiana University, 99.