Bernardino Ramazzini

Bernardino Ramazzini (1633-1714) is considered as father of occupational medicine. The classic text by physician and philosopher, De morbisartificumdiatriba, is considered the first comprehensive treatise on occupational disorders. Ramazzini recommended physicians to ask their patients, in addition to the classic Hippocratic questions, the nature of their occupation, a single point nowadays still too frequently disregarded.