“The mortality of those who dig minerals is very great, and women who marry men of this sort marry again and again. According to Agricola, at the mines in the Carpathian mountains, women have been known to marry seven times.” MenHas BeensKnownMinesHealthMountainSevenMortalityAgain And AgainMineralsMiningMarry MeTime Heals Book:Diseases of Workers Source: Diseases of Workers
“An acquaintance of mine, a notary by profession, who, by perpetual writing, began first to complain of an excessive wariness of his whole right arm which could be removed by no medicines, and which was at last succeeded by a perfect palsy of the whole arm. . . . He learned to write with his left hand, which was soon thereafter seized with the same disorder.” WritingFirstsWholeHandsLastsLeftPerfectMinesHealthArmsMedicineProfessionComplainingDisorderPerpetualAcquaintanceLeft HandNotary Author:Bernardino Ramazzini
“I have noticed bakers with swelled hands, and painful, too; in fact the hands of all such workers become much thickened by the constant pressure of kneading the dough.” FactsHandsHealthPressureConstantWorkersPainfulBakersDough Book:Diseases of Workers Source: Diseases of Workers
“Not only in antiquity but in our own times also laws have been passed...to secure good conditions for workers; so it is right that the art of medicine should contribute its portion for the benefit and relief of those for whom the law has shown such foresight...[We] ought to show peculiar zeal...in taking precautions for their safety. I for one have done all that lay in my power, and have not thought it beneath me to step into workshops of the meaner sort now and again and study the obscure operations of mechanical arts.” ShouldHas BeensArtDoneShowsLawScienceStepsStudyConditionsHealthOughtBenefitsSafetyLaysMedicineWorkersSecureOperationsReliefPeculiarPortionsObscureZealForesightAntiquityWorkshopsPrecaution Author:Bernardino Ramazzini
“The incessant driving of the pen over paper causes intense fatigue of the hand and the whole arm because of the continuous ... strain on the muscles and tendons.” WholeHandsCausesHealthArmsPaperDrivingIntenseMusclesPensStrainFatigueIncessant Book:Diseases of Workers Source: Diseases of Workers
“Those who work standing ... carpenters, sawyers, carvers, blacksmiths, masons ... are liable to varicose veins ... [because] the strain on the muscles is such that the circulation of the blood is retarded. Standing even for a short time proves exhausting compared with walking and running though it be for a long time ... Nature delights and is restored by alternating and varied actions.” LongRunningActionScienceBloodHealthWalkingExerciseProveLong TimeStandingDelightMusclesVeinsStrainExhaustingLiableShort TimeCirculationCarpenterRetardedMasonsSawyerCarverBlacksmiths Author:Bernardino Ramazzini
