[1894-1906: new ideas and practice against industrial accidents in Italy]

G Ital Med Lav Ergon. 2010 Oct-Dec;32(4 Suppl):41-4.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

In October 1894 was held in Milan the III Congrés International des Accidents du Travail et des Assurances Sociales. 747 delegates participated, coming from 16 nations. In this Congress the theme of a special medical assistance in the industrial accidents was approached for the first time in Italy. In March, 1895 also the Milanese trade union office dealt him with the matter, organizing a specific congress. The trade union movement realized the necessity to approach the problem of industrial accidents. 170 delegates participated to the Congress. The 1895 Congress also represented the occasion for the dawning feminist movement to come into contact with the working class. In 1896 the Association for the Medical Assistance in the Industrial Accidents in Milan was founded. The Association started up a clinical institute. At the end of the XIXth century, with prevention and therapeutic interventions the problem of industrial accidents was faced.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • Accidents, Occupational / prevention & control*
  • History, 19th Century
  • History, 20th Century
  • Humans
  • Italy
  • Occupational Health / history*