INTRODUCTION TO OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

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The area of industrial hygiene made further progress in the eighteenth century due to the efforts of notable physicians.

Percival Pott, in recognizing soot as one of the causes of scrotal cancer, was a major force in the passage of the "Chimney-Sweepers Act of 1788."

In England, Charles Thackrah wrote a 200 page treatise dealing with occupational medicine. Thackrah's influence was felt in America, because in 1837, the first article on occupational disease appeared and it relied on Thackrah as an authority.