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Joseph Jakob Ritter Plenk or Plenck (28 November 1738 – 24 August 1807) was a physician and polymath in the Holy Roman Empire. He is now known as a pioneer dermatologist.^[1]

Life

Plenck was born on 28 November 1738 in Vienna, although some sources give a birth year of 1732.^[2] He graduated at the University of Vienna in 1763, and was a follower of Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz. An academic at the University of Basel in 1770, he then taught at Tymau, Buda and Pesth. In 1783 he moved to the Josephinum in Vienna.^[1] He died on 24 August 1807.^[2]

In 1861, botanist Siegfried Reisseck published Plenckia, a genus of flowering plants from South America, belonging to the family Celastraceae and named in honour of Joseph Jakob Plenck.^[3]

Works

Plenck was a prolific writer, on subjects including surgery.^[4] In 1776 he published a classification of skin diseases, Doctrina de morbis cutaneis.^[1]^[5] It introduced a consistent system, dividing dermatosis into 14 classes.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Longo, Lawrence D.; Reynolds, Lawrence P. (12 May 2016). Wombs with a View: Illustrations of the Gravid Uterus from the Renaissance through the Nineteenth Century. Springer. p. 162. ISBN 978-3-319-23567-7.
^ ^a ^b von Wurzbach, Constantin, ed. (1870). Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich. Vol. 22. p. 423.
^ "Plenckia Reissek | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
^ de Moulin, D. (6 December 2012). A history of surgery: with emphasis on the Netherlands. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 157–. ISBN 978-94-009-3357-6.
^ von Plenck, Joseph Jacob (1776). Doctrina de morbis cutaneis. publisher not identified.
^ Cowan, Alan; Yosipovitch, Gil (10 April 2015). Pharmacology of Itch. Springer. pp. 7–8. ISBN 978-3-662-44605-8.

[LongoReynolds2016-1] Longo, Lawrence D.; Reynolds, Lawrence P. (12 May 2016). Wombs with a View: Illustrations of the Gravid Uterus from the Renaissance through the Nineteenth Century. Springer. p. 162. ISBN 978-3-319-23567-7.

[BLKÖ-2] von Wurzbach, Constantin, ed. (1870). Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich. Vol. 22. p. 423.

[3] "Plenckia Reissek | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 May 2021.

[4] Moulin, D. (6 December 2012). A history of surgery: with emphasis on the Netherlands. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 157–. ISBN 978-94-009-3357-6.

[5] von Plenck, Joseph Jacob (1776). Doctrina de morbis cutaneis. publisher not identified.

[6] Cowan, Alan; Yosipovitch, Gil (10 April 2015). Pharmacology of Itch. Springer. pp. 7–8. ISBN 978-3-662-44605-8.

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-'''Joseph Jakob Ritter Plenk''' or '''Plenck''' (1738–1807) was an Austrian physician and polymath. He is now known as a pioneer [[dermatologist]].<ref name="LongoReynolds2016">{{cite book|author1=Lawrence D. Longo|author2=Lawrence P. Reynolds|title=Wombs with a View: Illustrations of the Gravid Uterus from the Renaissance through the Nineteenth Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1qMqDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA162|date=12 May 2016|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-319-23567-7|page=162}}</ref>
+'''Joseph Jakob Ritter Plenk''' or '''Plenck''' (28 November 1738 – 24 August 1807) was a physician and polymath in the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. He is now known as a pioneer [[dermatologist]].<ref name="LongoReynolds2016">{{cite book|author1-first=Lawrence D. |author1-last=Longo|author2-first=Lawrence P. |author2-last=Reynolds |title=Wombs with a View: Illustrations of the Gravid Uterus from the Renaissance through the Nineteenth Century |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=1qMqDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA162 |date=12 May 2016|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-319-23567-7|page=162}}</ref>
 ==Life==
-Plenck graduated at the [[University of Vienna]] in 1763, and was a follower of Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz. An academic at the [[University of Basel]] in 1770, he then taught at [[Tymau]], [[Buda]] and [[Pesth]]. In 1783 he moved to the [[Medical University of Vienna#Museum|Josephinum]] in Vienna.<ref name="LongoReynolds2016"/>
+Plenck was born on 28 November 1738 in [[Vienna]], although some sources give a birth year of 1732.<ref name="BLKÖ">{{cite book |editor1-last=von Wurzbach |editor1-first=Constantin |editor1-link=Constantin von Wurzbach |title=Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich |date=1870 |page=423 |volume=22}}</ref> He graduated at the [[University of Vienna]] in 1763, and was a follower of Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz. An academic at the [[University of Basel]] in 1770, he then taught at [[Tymau]], [[Buda]] and [[Pesth]]. In 1783 he moved to the [[Medical University of Vienna#Museum|Josephinum]] in Vienna.<ref name="LongoReynolds2016"/> He died on 24 August 1807.<ref name="BLKÖ" />
+In 1861, botanist [[Siegfried Reisseck]] published ''[[Plenckia]]'', a genus of [[flowering plant]]s from South America, belonging to the family [[Celastraceae]] and named in honour of Joseph Jakob Plenck.<ref>{{cite web |title=''Plenckia'' Reissek {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331862-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=20 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
 ==Works==
-Plenck was a prolific writer, on subjects including [[surgery]].<ref>{{cite book|author=D. de Moulin|title=A history of surgery: with emphasis on the Netherlands|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eUgBBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA157|date=6 December 2012|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-94-009-3357-6|pages=157–}}</ref> In 1776 he published a classification of skin diseases, ''Doctrina de morbis cutaneis''.<ref name="LongoReynolds2016"/><ref>{{cite book|author=Joseph Jacob von. ue Plenck|title=Doctrina de morbis cutaneis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pRbDSAAACAAJ|year=1776|publisher=publisher not identified}}</ref> It introduced a consistent system, dividing [[dermatosis]] into 14 classes.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Alan Cowan|author2=Gil Yosipovitch|title=Pharmacology of Itch|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jl0SCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA7|date=10 April 2015|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-662-44605-8|pages=7–8}}</ref>
+Plenck was a prolific writer, on subjects including [[surgery]].<ref>{{cite book|author-first=D. |author-last=de Moulin|title=A history of surgery: with emphasis on the Netherlands|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eUgBBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA157|date=6 December 2012|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-94-009-3357-6|pages=157–}}</ref> In 1776 he published a classification of skin diseases, ''Doctrina de morbis cutaneis''.<ref name="LongoReynolds2016"/><ref>{{cite book|author-first=Joseph Jacob |author-last=von Plenck|title=Doctrina de morbis cutaneis |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=pRbDSAAACAAJ |year=1776|publisher=publisher not identified}}</ref> It introduced a consistent system, dividing [[dermatosis]] into 14 classes.<ref>{{cite book|author1-first=Alan |author1-last=Cowan|author2-first=Gil |author2-last=Yosipovitch |title=Pharmacology of Itch |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Jl0SCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA7 |date=10 April 2015|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-662-44605-8|pages=7–8}}</ref>
+==References==
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-==Notes==
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 [[Category:1738 births]]
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-[[Category:Austrian physicians]]
+[[Category:Dermatologists]]
-[[Category:Austrian dermatologists]]
+[[Category:18th-century physicians from the Holy Roman Empire]]

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