Magyar László szerk.: Orvostörténeti közlemények 166-169. (Budapest, 1999)
TANULMÁNYOK — ARTICLES - Ishida, Sumio: Reception of a Viennese physician in Japan. A bibliographic study on the works of Joseph Jacob Edler von Plenck (1730—1807) — Egy bécsi orvos hatása Japánban. Bibliográfiai tanulmány Joseph Jacob Edler von Plenck (1730—1807) munkásságáról
Plenck wrote many books. There are 29 items (68 editions) of Latin books, 31 items (81) editions of German books, 15 items (29 editions) of Dutch books and 38 items of Japanese (out of which 12 items are printed and 26 items are manuscripts). Furthermore I have found many other translations. The title page of Dutch or Japanese translation usually explains its original version and edition. So it is easy to suppose the relation among the Latin, the German, the Dutch and ultimately the Japanese version. Table 4 and Table 5 show these relations to one another. Although Plenck was neither Dutch nor German, he was the top author of Rangaku medical books which Japanese doctors accepted during the 19 th century. Because he is an unknown scientist for the Japanese today it makes studying him rather odd and difficult. Table 1. List of Plenck books (Latin version, German version) L means Latin version, D means German version. As for the alphabets of behind issuing year, J means the book belongs to Vienna University Medical History Josephinum Library, V: Austria Wien National Library, B: Budapest Semmelweis Library, H means the book list of Magyar írók Élete es Munkái of. J. Szinnyei Consult other catalogue like Union Catalogue of Foreign Books in the Libraries of Japanese Medical Schools (1951). 1-L Plenck, J. J. (von): Methodus nova et facilis argentum vivum aegris venerea labe infectis exhibendi. Accedit hypothesis nova de actione metalli huius in vias salivales. 70 S. Viennae: 1764 B. V., 1766 B. V. J. H. Amsterdam univ., 4 ed. 1777 J., 1778 H. Latin version „mercury against syphilis". 1- D Plenck, J. J. (von): Neue und leichte Art, den mit der Lustseuche angesteckten Kranken das Quecksilber zu geben. 2 verbess. und verm. Aufl. 158 S. Wien: 1767 H., 1769 J. B. H., 1773 J. B. V., 1778 H. Antique book store at Wien. German version „mercury against syphilis". 2- D Plenck, J. J. Schreiben an Georg Ludwig Rumpelt, worinnen die Wirksamkeit des ärzenden sublimirten Quecksibers und des Schierlings... dargethan wird. Wien 1766. V. H. German version „cffect of mercury and »Schierlings«". 3- L Plenck, J. J.: Novum systema tumorum, quo in morbi in sua genera et species rediguntur. Pars 1. Wien: 1767 J. B. V. H. Latin version „tumor". 3- D Plenck, J. J.: Neues Lehrgebäude von Geschwülsten, worinnen dieselben in ihre Geschlechter und Gattungen gebracht werden. 2 Auflage. 254 S. Dresden und Leipzig: 1769 H., 1776 B. V. H. German version „tumor". 4- D-I Plenck, J. J. (von): Anfangsgründe der Geburtshilfe. Th. 1—2, 456 S. Wien: 1768 (Gräffer) J. (Kurzböck) B., Strassburg: 1768 J., Wien: 1774 J. B. H., 3 Aufl. Wien: 1781 J. H., 4 Aufl. Wien: 1786 J. B. H., 5 Aufl. Wien: 1795 J. B. V. H., Neue Aufl. Wien: 1799 J. H., 6 Aufl. 1803 J. H. 4- D-II Plenck, J. J.: Anfangsgründe der Hebammenkunst. Pest: 1808 J. H. German version „midwifery". 5- D Plenck, J. J. (von): Sammlung von Beobachtungen über einige Gegenstände der Wundarzneywissenschaft. 340 S. Wien: 1769 J. B. V. IL, 1770 L, 1775 J. B. H., neue Aufl. 1778. German version „woundsurgery".
