在17世纪欧州产业革命之后,人们开始认识职业病。当时因工业技术落后,还不知改进工艺和生产设备而进行预防,唯依靠个人卫生来解决。到本世纪初预防知识才得到全面发展,当时的著作,如1954年英国出版Merewether的专著:“IndustrialMedicine and Hygiene”将医学与卫生学两词并用。不久,这两项内容又并成一个专用词—Industrial Health(工业卫生)。 After the industrial revolution in Europe in the 17th century, people began to recognize occupational diseases. At that time, due to the backward industrial technology, we did not know how to improve the process and production equipment to prevent it, but only relied on personal hygiene. By the turn of the century, prevention knowledge had been fully developed. At that time, the works of that time, such as the 1954 book by British writer Merewether: “Industrial Medicine and Hygiene”, used both medicine and hygiene. Soon, the two elements merged into a special term, Industrial Health.