plica polonica การใช้
- He gave, from his own observations, the first description of the " plica polonica, " as well as many local symptoms and newly discovered medicinal herbs.
- He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1743, but his only contribution to the Society's " Philosophical Transactions " was a letter relating to a case of " plica polonica " in 1747.
- George Lefevre, in his book " An Apology for the Nerves " mentions the terms " plica Polonica " and " plica Judiaca " and also gives information about the belief that wearing the Polish national costume can cause plica in the wearer.
- Zygmunt Gloger in the " Encyklopedia Staropolska " argued that according to research done by the Grimm Brothers and Rosenbaum, plica polonica and the idea that it spread from Poland was an error, as it was also found among the Germanic population of Bavaria and Rhine River area.
- During the Age of Enlightenment, when ideas of the racial and ethnic superiority of Western civilization began to circulate, it became common to use the terms " Plica Polonica " ( Polish plait ) and " Plica Judiaica " ( Jewish plait ), as well as the term " Polish ringworm " in English.