G. B. Morgagni (1682–1771): His contributions to occupational health.

In "De Sedibus et Causis Morborum per Anatomen Indagatis", Morgagni often noted the job of the subject, trying to describe the anatomical alterations that previous occupations could have caused in the deceased. Morgagni taught for 56 years as Professor of Anatomy at the University of Padua (1715-1771), where he knew Bernardino Ramazzini (1633-1714). Keywords: Bernardino Ramazzini; Eighteenth Century; Giovanni Battista Morgagni; History; Occupational Health EN Bernardino Ramazzini Eighteenth Century Giovanni Battista Morgagni History Occupational Health 792 793 2 08/12/21 20210901 NES 210901 The year 2021 marks the 250th anniversary of the death of the Italian anatomist Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1682-1771), generally considered as the father of modern anatomical pathology.1 In his masterpiece "De Sedibus et Causis Morborum per Anatomen Indagatis" ("On the Seats and Causes of Disease, investigated by Anatomy", 1761), he supported the principle that most diseases derived from local alterations of organs and tissues.2 It is less known that Morgagni provided early contributions in the field of Occupational Health, describing several health alterations related to work. [Extracted from the article]