Philosophy and Science in Bernardino Ramazzini

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  • Berenice Cavarra University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, I

Keywords:

Bernardino Ramazzini, De morbis artificum diatriba, Iatrochemistry , J- B. Van Helmont

Abstract

The treatise DmA focuses, in particular, on diseases caused by the exposition or the contact with chemical substances. The aetiological theories and the therapeutic strategies proposed by the author, show his acquaintance with the XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries’ Iatrochemistry.    

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2011-06-01

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