B Płonka-Syroka

Publications of B Płonka-Syroka

• [The Saska Library in Dresden as a research centre for history of medicine]

  Authors: B Płonka-Syroka

  Medycyna nowozytna : studia nad historia medycyny / Polska Akademia Nauk, Instytut Historii Nauki. 02/2000; 7(2):159-62.

  The article serves a guide to the collection in the Saska Library, related to medicine.

• [Carl Gustav Jung's Theatrum Mundi. Can the description of modern alchemy in Jung's Psychologie und Alchemie be really regarded as a historical reconstruction?]

  Authors: B Płonka-Syroka

  Medycyna nowozytna : studia nad historia medycyny / Polska Akademia Nauk, Instytut Historii Nauki. 02/2000; 7(2):5-27.

  In his work, Psychologie und Alchemie, published in 1944, Jung wanted to present a reconstruction of alchemy. In order to do this he used a method of psychology, which he modified and enriched withIn his work, Psychologie und Alchemie, published in 1944, Jung wanted to present a reconstruction of alchemy. In order to do this he used a method of psychology, which he modified and enriched with inspirations drawn from neo-romantically-oriented German medical historiographies of the nineteen thirties. Using historical materials, he intended to demonstrate the empirical character of his Depth Psychology, a widespread concept, ingrained in our supra-personal social unconscious. The present article questions the nature of Jung's reconstruction of alchemy as historical reconstruction. The author presents the methodological bases referred to by Jung derived from his concept of medical practice and compares them with a manner of thinking typical of contemporary historical analysis. The article also presents Jung's inspirations from the medical historiography of his time, as well as the dissimilarity of his concept with the model of historical narrative construction in force in the historiography of the thirties and forties. At the same time, it presents the elements of the "romantic inheritance" in Jung's thought, drawn from the tradition of German non-materialistic medicine of the first half of the nineteenth century.

• [German medicine of the age of romanticism (1797-1848) as research problem]

  Authors: B Płonka-Syroka

  Kwartalnik historii nauki i techniki : Kwartal'nyĭ zhurnal istorii nauki i tekhniki -. 02/1997; 42(1):21-42.

  In the period between 1797 and 1848, German medicine was considerably influenced by philosophy. It absorbed ideas deriving from neo-Platonism and vitalism, as well as the modern philosophy of natureIn the period between 1797 and 1848, German medicine was considerably influenced by philosophy. It absorbed ideas deriving from neo-Platonism and vitalism, as well as the modern philosophy of nature (Naturphilosophie), especially the ideas of Schelling. The article presents the main tendencies in the German medicine of that period: the distinct character of German medical thought as compared to the rest of Europe, the deductive character of medical theories, the grounding of medical thought in non-materialist philosophy and its close ties with the Protestant religion. The author's aim is investigate how German medicine of the period evolved away from European standards set by the model of medicine as an empirical science, based on the inductive method of research. The article presents the state of German medicine of the first half of the nineteenth century against the background of socio-cultural factors and relates German medical theory of the period to the social awareness of that time.

• [Drugs in artistic works of Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885-1939) on the Background of polish modernism at the turn of XIX and XX century]

  Authors: B Płonka-Syroka

  Archiwum historii i filozofii medycyny / Polskii Towarzystwo Historii Medycyny i Farmacji. 02/1997; 60(4):361-74.

  At the turn of XIX and XX century in the Polish artistic circles it became widespread a modernist moral model, created among other by Baudelair's, Mallarme's Rimbaud's and Verlain's works. One of itsAt the turn of XIX and XX century in the Polish artistic circles it became widespread a modernist moral model, created among other by Baudelair's, Mallarme's Rimbaud's and Verlain's works. One of its elements was striving for getting into different status of conscience with help of narcotics and alcohol. A strong presence of narcotics in life of the Polish artistic circles at a time of mocernism has been a subject to analysis carried out by Tadeusz Boy-Zeleénski in his work "Cyganeria krakowska" [Crakow Bohemians]. He has shown their role of easing emotional tensions connected with striving for fame and with a competition. Underestimation, misery and social alienation of some artists have been inducing them to search in narcotics the way to artificial reality. In some Polish artistic circles the narcotics have become a stimulant of cult character (see Antoni Lange "Ballady pijackie", Stanisław Przybyszewski "Synowie ziemi", "Moi współcześni", Henryk Sienkiewicz "Bez dogmatu"). Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885-1939), Polish painter and dramatist, creating in the first half of XX century, has continued a tradition of modernist customs, taken over by him from the artistic circle he was brought up. He used narcotics as direct creative stimulus, inspiring creation of his paintings, including a superb series of portraits. In paintings made under influence of the drugs, Witkiewicz was placing the symbols of stimulants taken earlier. He has specially appreciated cocaine, though he has been using also opium, morphine, hashish and mixes of various psychotropic agents. Paintings of Witkacy are characterised by original colouring of a very strong artistic expression. ...

• [Ludwik Fleck (1896-1961) methodological views and their reception in the world literature between 1935 and 1993]

  Authors: B Płonka-Syroka

  Archiwum historii i filozofii medycyny / Polskii Towarzystwo Historii Medycyny i Farmacji. 02/1994; 57(4):497-512.

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  Authors: B Płonka-Syroka

  Kwartalnik historii nauki i techniki : Kwartal'nyĭ zhurnal istorii nauki i tekhniki -. 02/1993; 38(4):3-37.

• [Jozef Frank and Jedrzej Sniadecki versus the doctrine of John Brown]

  Authors: B Płonka-Syroka

  Archiwum historii i filozofii medycyny / Polskii Towarzystwo Historii Medycyny i Farmacji. 02/1986; 49(3):359-74.

• [Socio-cultural factors of drug dependence in Poland during the last 100 years]

  Authors: B Płonka-Syroka

  Archiwum historii medycyny. 02/1985; 48(2):187-96.

• [Considerations on the methodology of writing scientific papers on the history of medicine]

  Authors: B Płonka-Syroka, E Wieckowska

  Archiwum historii medycyny. 02/1984; 47(1):11-7.