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Silvia Fustinoni1, Michele Augusto Riva

  • 1Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e di Comunità, Università degli Studi di Milano e Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italia. silvia.fustinoni@unimi.it.

La Medicina Del Lavoro
|December 18, 2019
PubMed
Summary

Luigi Devoto pioneered industrial hygiene and toxicology at Milan's Clinica del Lavoro. His work established essential methods for researching and preventing workplace diseases from chemical exposures.

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Area of Science:

  • Occupational Health
  • Toxicology
  • History of Medicine

Background:

  • The Clinica del Lavoro, established in Milan in 1910, was the world's first occupational disease clinic.
  • Luigi Devoto directed the clinic from 1910 to 1935, focusing on industrial hygiene and toxicology.

Observation:

  • The clinic housed laboratories for chemistry, clinical physics, histopathology, and bacteriology.
  • The chemistry lab was equipped to assess toxic properties of workplace chemicals and their mechanisms of human harm.

Findings:

  • Over 30 years, the clinic investigated numerous chemical-induced diseases like lead and mercury poisoning.
  • Assays were developed to measure toxicants in biological and environmental samples, with publications starting in 1920.

Implications:

  • Devoto emphasized industrial hygiene and toxicology as crucial for occupational disease research and prevention.
  • This historical review highlights the foundational role of the Clinica del Lavoro in occupational health.

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