“Not only in antiquity but in our own times also laws have been passed...to secure good conditions for workers; so it is right that the art of medicine should contribute its portion for the benefit and relief of those for whom the law has shown such foresight...[We] ought to show peculiar zeal...in taking precautions for their safety. I for one have done all that lay in my power, and have not thought it beneath me to step into workshops of the meaner sort now and again and study the obscure operations of mechanical arts.”
![“Not only in antiquity but in our own times also laws have been passed...to secure good conditions for workers; so it is right that the art of medicine should contribute its portion for the benefit and relief of those for whom the law has shown such foresight...[We] ought to show peculiar zeal...in…” quote by Bernardino Ramazzini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/de0/bernardino-ramazzini-41586_antiquity_not-only-in-antiquity-but-in-our-own-tim_2169523.jpg)
![“...those who sit at their work and are therefore called 'chair workers,' such as cobblers and tailors, suffer from their own particular diseases ... [T]hese workers ... suffer from general ill-health and an excessive accumulation of unwholesome humors caused by their sedentary life ... so to some…” quote by Bernardino Ramazzini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5e1/bernardino-ramazzini-41586_accumulation_those-who-sit-at-their-work-and-are-ther_614122.jpg)
![“[I have seen] workers in whom certain morbid affections gradually arise from some particular posture of the limbs or unnatural movements of the body called for while they work. Such are the workers who all day stand or sit, stoop or are bent double, who run or ride or exercise their bodies in all…” quote by Bernardino Ramazzini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c91/bernardino-ramazzini-41586_affection_i-have-seen-workers-in-whom-certain-morb_1507705.jpg)
![“Those who work standing ... carpenters, sawyers, carvers, blacksmiths, masons ... are liable to varicose veins ... [because] the strain on the muscles is such that the circulation of the blood is retarded. Standing even for a short time proves exhausting compared with walking and running though it…” quote by Bernardino Ramazzini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/13f/bernardino-ramazzini-41586_action_those-who-work-standing-carpenters-sawye_2072785.jpg)
