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Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2013-09-12

Books mentioned on 138. Whatever Happened to the Carpal Tunnel Epidemic?

1 book · With Steven Levitt, Bradley Evanoff · Listen

Once upon a time, office workers across America lived in fear of a dreaded infirmity. Was the computer keyboard really the villain -- and did carpal tunnel syndrome really go away?

Bradley Evanoff discussed Diseases of Workers by Bernardino Ramazzini.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. Diseases of Workers

    Bernardino Ramazzini · at 7:43

    Discussed
    “The first textbook of occupational medicine is written by an Italian physician, Bernardino Ramazzini, who was working in Padua in the late 1600s and early 1700s. So he writes this book called Diseases of Workers.”
    Bradley Evanoff 138. Whatever Happened to the Carpal Tunnel Epidemic? 2013-09-12
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