Bernardino Ramazzini
Italian malariologist
- Lived
- 1633–1714
- Also writes as
- Licoro Langiano
Updated September 2026
About Bernardino Ramazzini
Bernardino Ramazzini was an Italian physician. He has been considered as a founder of occupational medicine with his book on occupational diseases, De Morbis Artificum Diatriba published in 1700. Ramazzini, along with Francesco Torti, was an early proponent of the use of cinchona bark in the treatment of malaria.
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