Avtor/Urednik		Zupanič-Slavec, Zvonka
Naslov		Slovenski začetki medicine dela v Idriji v 18. stoletju
Prevedeni naslov		The beginnings of Slovene occupational medicine in Idria in the 18th century
Tip		članek
Vir		Med Razgl
Vol. in št.		Letnik 35, št. 4
Leto izdaje		1996
Obseg		str. 581-91
Jezik		slo
Abstrakt		Of all medical sciences in Slovenia, occupational medicine has one of the longest traditions. It is not a mere coincidence that began to develop in Idrija as early as the beginning of the 18th century. The Idria mercury mine, the second largest mine of the world after Almaden in Spain, was owned by the Habsburg dinasty for four centuries. The working capacity of the Idria miners was greatly reduced by chronic poisoning with mercury, and in order to attain higher production of the mine, medical and social care for miners was provided in Idria much earlier than anywhere else. The first, and one of the most prominent doctors in Idria, dr. J. A. Scopoli described in exhaustive detail the symptoms of chronic intoxication with mercury in his work De Hydrargyro Idriensi Tentamina Physico-Chymico-Medica and thus took his place among the pioneer authors of works on occupational medicine, hygiene and toxycology. His predeceeders were Ellenbog, Paracelsus, Mattioli and some others. The paper describes the situation in the Idria mine in the 17th and 18th century, focusing on the Scopoli's mineralogical and medical discussion on mercury miners and mercurialism.
Izvleček		Medicina dela ima med specializiranimi vejami medicine na Slovenskem eno najdaljših tradicij. Ni naključje, da se je že v začetku 18. stoletja začela razvijati ravno v Idriji. Idrijski rudnik živega srebra, ki je za španskim Almadenom drugi največji na svetu, je štiri stoletja pripadal habsburškemu dvoru. Da bi si lastniki zagotovili čim večji izkop, so vpeljali zdravstveno in socialno varstvo idrijskih rudarjev veliko prej kot drugod; kronične zastrupitve z živosrebrnimi hlapi so namreč močno zmanjševale delovno storilnost. Prvi in hkrati eden najpomembnejših zdravnikov v Idriji J. A. Scopoli je v svojem delu De Hydrargyro Idriensi Tentamina Physico-Chymico-Medica temeljito opisal simptomatiko kronične zastrupitve z živim srebrom in se tako uvrstil med zgodnje avtorje del iz medicine dela, higiene in toksikologije. Njegovi predhodniki so bili Ellenbog, Paracelsus, Mattioli in drugi. Članek predstavlja stanje v idrijskem rudniku v 17. in 18. stoletju in se osredotoči na Scopolijevo mineraloško-medicinsko razpravo o rudarjih v živosrebrnem rudniku in o merkurializmu oz. kronični zastrupitvi z živim srebrom.
Deskriptorji		OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE MERCURY POISONING SLOVENIA HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 17TH CENT. HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 18TH CENT. MINING MERCURY