The 1711 rinderpest in Bernardino Ramazzini’s XIII Oration and the COVID-19 public health emergency: facts and common aspects

Although Bernardino Ramazzini is usually regarded only as the father of occupational medicine, his approach to fight the devastating rinderpest epidemic in 1711 is worth mentioning in the light of the public health emergency represented by Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19). This commentary (i) foc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Franco, Giuliano
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Mattioli 1885 srl 2020
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7809953/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32869768
http://dx.doi.org/10.23749/mdl.v111i4.9672
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Sumario:Although Bernardino Ramazzini is usually regarded only as the father of occupational medicine, his approach to fight the devastating rinderpest epidemic in 1711 is worth mentioning in the light of the public health emergency represented by Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19). This commentary (i) focuses on Ramazzini‘s XIII oration describing that event, (ii) analyses the approach suggested to fight the cattle epidemic and economic threats, (iii) highlights some similar aspects between the 1711 rinderpest epidemic and the current COVID-19 pandemic (team expertise, contagion transmissibility, drug treatment, preventive measures, decision timeliness).

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