History Of Occupational Healthy Flashcards
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Occupational Health is defined as all activities
and programmes that are engaged upon
aiming to attain and maintain the highest
level of health and safety for all people
engaged in any type of work. This is achieved
through the approach of disease prevention
general health promotion and safety
assurance
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Development of Occupational Health
Globally Bernadino Ramazzini
an Italian Physician is
regarded as the father of occupational medicine.
Though there were people before him
he was the
first to systematically study Occupational Health
Bernadino Ramazzini published his systematic study
of occupational diseases in his book titled De Morbis
Artificum Datriba
Percival Pott- established the relationship between
chimney sweeping and Ca scrotum in the sweepers
George Baker- established the link between
abdominal colic due to lead poisoning with the
Davonshire colic of that area of Britain at that
time