Family medicine provides comprehensive care for individuals and families. General internists specialize in adult illnesses and complex conditions. Internal medicine includes subspecialties like cardiology and endocrinology
Occupational disease is any chronic ailment from work or occupational activity. First recognized disease was scrotum carcinoma in chimney sweep boys in 1775. Traumatic hazards like roofer falls are not considered occupational diseases
ILO established first occupational disease list in 1925 with anthrax, lead, and mercury poisoning. List expanded to 10 diseases by 1964, focusing on industrial poisoning. List required presumption of occupational origin unless proven otherwise
63-year-old tin plater presented with dyspnea and cough for 56 years. Worked without mask during tin plating on copper utensils. Oxygen saturation was 88% and pulmonary function tests showed restrictive pattern
First published in Modena in 1700, written over ten years. Author Bernardino Ramazzini completed it at age 67 with 40 years clinical experience. Work aimed to protect workers' health through occupational medicine methodology
ILO declared anthrax as occupational disease in 1919. First ILO list established in 1925 with three diseases. 1964 Convention No. 121 introduced separate occupational diseases schedule