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The author of the book "Quam Artem Exerceat … Qué Artes Ejerces?" makes a review of the pioneers of occupational medicine in the timeline, emphasizing Ülrich Ellenbog (1435-1499), Doctor in Medicine from Memmingen, Germany. He wrote a small printed work related to diseases and injuries in gold miners and about the toxic effects of carbon monoxide, mercury, lead and nitric acid. Dr. Ellenbog was the earliest pioneer of occupational health, carrying out the first observations and criticisms of the environmental effects of pollutants emitted into the medieval craft industry of smelting metals, and the first recommendations on occupational health. He challenged the divine origin of the diseases prevalent at that time breaking all the paradigms of his time.
Methods
In the book "Quam Artem Exerceat ? … What arts practice?" the most relevant pioneers of occupational medicine are described.
Results
Description is performed of: Pliny the Elder (23-79 BC). Lucretius (98-55 BC) Galen (129-216 A.D.). Aristotle (384-322 BC). Hippocrates (460-377 BC). Paracelsus (1493-1541 AD) Georgius Agricola (1494-1555 AD) Bernardino Ramazzini (1633-1714 AD). Sir John Percivall Pott (1714-1778 AD) Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (1723-1788 AD) Sir Michel Ernest Sadler (1861 -1943 AD) Charles Turner Thackrah (1795-1833). Alice Hamilton (1869 - 1970) and especially Ülrich Ellenbog (1435-1499); describing the most important contributions of these personalities.
Discussion
In addition to describing the main characters listed above, is emphasized the writing of Ülrich Ellenbog: “ Von den gifftigen Besen Temmpffen und Reüchen ” ("Of the Evil, Mists and and Poisonous Fumes ", “ De los Malignos, Vahos y Humos Venenosos ”) translated for the first time from the medieval German into Spanish by the author of the book "Quam Artem Exerceat … Qué Artes Ejerces?". This writing was aimed at the working class along with medical advices according to the custom of that time: the "Regimines Sanitatis".