Bernardino Ramazzini (1633-11-03 - 1714-11-05) was an Italian physician. Events 644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim Caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina. Year 1714 ( MDCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest
Born in Carpi, Ramazzini was an early proponent of the use of cinchona bark (from which quinine is derived) in the treatment of Malaria. Carpi is a town of c 65000 people in the Province of Modena, in the region Emilia Romagna (northern Italy) Cinchona is a Genus of about 25 Species in the family Rubiaceae, native to tropical South America. Quinine (ˈkwaɪnaɪn kwɪˈniːn ˈkwiːniːn is a natural white Crystalline Alkaloid having Antipyretic (fever-reducing antimalarial, Malaria is a vector -borne Infectious disease caused by Protozoan Parasites It is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions including 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. Occupational safety and health is a cross-disciplinary area concerned with protecting the Safety, Health and welfare of people engaged in He served as professor of medicine at the University of Padua from 1700 until his death. The University of Padua ( Italian Università degli Studi di Padova, UNIPD) located in Padua, Italy, was founded in 1222
In regards to malaria, Ramazzini was one of the first to support the use of the quinine-rich bark cinchona. Malaria is a vector -borne Infectious disease caused by Protozoan Parasites It is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions including Cinchona is a Genus of about 25 Species in the family Rubiaceae, native to tropical South America. Many falsely claimed that quinine was toxic and ineffective, but Ramazzini recognized its importance. He is quoted, "It [quinine] did for medicine what gun powder did for war. "[1]
He died in Padua in 1714. Padua ( Padova 'padova Latin: Patavium, Padoa) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy.
References
- Essai sur les Maladies de Disseus. Original translation from Latin in "De Mortis Artificum" by M. De Foureau
Notes
- ^ Poser, Charles M; Bruyn, GW (1999). . New York: Parthenon Publishing. The City of New York ISBN 9781850700685. OCLC 40354694. The OCLC Online Computer Library Center is according to its website a "nonprofit membership computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purpose
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