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Bernardino Ramazzini and his treatise of the diseases of tradesmen

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This paper will form the subject of Dr Breathnach’s valedictory address to the section of the History of Medicine on a date to be arranged.

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Breathnach, C.S. Bernardino Ramazzini and his treatise of the diseases of tradesmen. Ir J Med Sci 169, 68–71 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03170493

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