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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Autor principal: Franco, Giuliano
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Publicado: Mattioli 1885 srl 2020
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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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spelling pubmed-78099532021-01-29 The 1711 rinderpest in Bernardino Ramazzini’s XIII Oration and the COVID-19 public health emergency: facts and common aspects Franco, Giuliano Med Lav Original Article 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). Mattioli 1885 srl 2020 2020-08-31 /pmc/articles/PMC7809953/ /pubmed/32869768 http://dx.doi.org/10.23749/mdl.v111i4.9672 Text en Copyright: © 2020 ACTA BIO MEDICA SOCIETY OF MEDICINE AND NATURAL SCIENCES OF PARMA http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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