title: [The translation of Diseases of the Artisans by B. Ramazzini, key of the clinical training of the Fourcroy decree in 1794].
abstract: In his decree of 1794, Fourcroy renewed the medical education of the medicine students as he introduced their participation in the hospitals. Why did he intervene in the clinical education of medicine students as he was a lawmaker and skilled in chemistry? Actually he had been influenced by the book - Essays about the illnesses of Craftmen - written in 1702 by Ramazzini from Padoue he translated in 1777. Not only did he translate the text but he completed the whole through the experience of the 18th century got in the clinical, physiological and chemical domains according to the scientfic mind of the "Grande Encyclopédie". Thus it was the introduction of science in clinical domain as Corvisart was appointed in Cardiology by Fourcroy at the start of the new School of Medicine in 1804.
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Richet
mesh_terms: D002621:Chemistry / Q000266:history; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000266:history*; D005602:France; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000266:history*; D014177:Translations