
BỆNH PHỔI NGHỀ NGHIỆP
GS TS BS Lê Hoàng Ninh

Tóm tắt lịch sử y học nghề nghiệp
• Thời Cổ đại
• Thời trung cổ ( Middle Ages)
• Thời Ramazzini (1633-1714)
• Thời cách mạng công nghệ ( Industrial
Revolution )
• Thời đại mới ( hiện nay)

Thời cổ đại
•Major economic activities included
agriculture, mining for metals, and
quarrying.
•Pliny the Elder (AD 23-79) recorded the
danger to miners from inhalation of fumes
and vapors
•Because mining was so dangerous, it was
considered suitable only for slaves and as
punishment for criminals.

Thời trung cổ
•The Erz Mountains in Bohemia was an important
area for the mining and refining of useful and
precious metals. A physician named Agricola
became the town physician of Joachimsthal.
•He recognized that mining activities could lead
to conditions that caused chronic shortness of
breath.
•Agricola was probably observing silicosis and
tuberculosis

Thời Ramazzini
•He published De Morbis Artificum Diatriba
in 1700 (Treatise on the Diseases of
Workers). He describes:
•Dyspnea and metal poisoning in miners
•Bronchitis from irritant fumes
•Lung fibrosis in potters
•Asthma from exposure to corn &flour
•Silicosis in stonemasons

