The simplest of questions so seldom asked
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occupational disease ; cancer ; occupational risks ; trade union document
Occupational diseases
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"“When you come to a sick Person”, says Hippocrates, “it behoves you to ask what Uneasiness he is under, what was the Cause of it, how many Days he has been ill, how his Belly stands, and what Food he eats”: To which I'll presume to add one Interrogation more, namely, what Trade he is of.' This is the very simple question asked by the Italian physician Bernardino Ramazzini (1633-1714) in the preface to his De Morbis Artificum Diatriba [Diseases of Workers], published in 1700. ..."
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