ABSTRACT The matting of hair, understood as a medical condition since around 1600 and named Plica polonica, appears prominently in the writings of eighteenth-century authors travelling to Polish lands or in experts’ opinions about these provinces. This paper argues that integrating observations about an allegedly endemic medical condition was intimately linked to the emerging discourse on eastern Europe as an essentially different part of the continent, and an object of colonizing efforts. It demonstrates that travelogues and experts’ opinions were drawing inspiration, observations, and assumptions from each other, a hitherto only partially understood instance of cross-fertilizing writing on eastern Europe, offering important insights into the development of experts’ culture in the Age of Enlightenment.

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身体、地点和知识：1800 年左右游记和专家反思中的 Plica polonica

摘要 自 1600 年左右起就被认为是一种医学病症并命名为 Plica polonica 的头发乱蓬蓬，在 18 世纪前往波兰土地的作家的著作中或专家对这些省份的意见中占有突出地位。本文认为，对一种所谓地方病的综合观察与关于东欧作为该大陆本质上不同的部分和殖民努力的对象的新兴话语密切相关。它表明游记和专家的意见正在相互汲取灵感、观察和假设，这是迄今为止仅部分理解的东欧交叉写作的例子，为启蒙时代专家文化的发展提供了重要的见解.