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New publications of our resource   in 2026 The initial phase of collecting data on LCF, accumulated prior to the 20th century, is largely complete. Next, we plan to analyze and synthesize thematic information, adding data from the 20th and 21st centuries. The work will focus primarily on: prevention, diagnosis, arthroscopy, plastic surgery, and endoprosthetics.  May 23 , 2026  1990HarveyB   Sculpture depicting the circumstances and mechanism of the LCF injury.  May 22 , 2026  1981OrtnerDJ_PutscharWGJ The authors describe signs of LCF pathology in the remains of a Bronze Age individual. May 21 , 2026  2021ProlyginaIV  The author translates Galen's treatise «On Bones for Beginners», which mentions LCF. May 20 , 2026  1737 CornariusJ  Hippocrates' description of the location and region of distal attachment of the LCF in Latin.    1665LindenJA Hippocrates' de scription of the location and region of distal attachment of the LCF in...
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Harvey B, sculpture, Jacob wrestling with the angel (ca. 1990). Depicting the circumstances and mechanism of the ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF) injury based on the description in the Book of Genesis: 

25 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. 
26 And when he saw that he could not pre vail against him, he struck against the hollow of his thigh ; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was put out of joint, as he was wrestling with him.
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33 Therefore do the children of Israel not eat the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day; because he struck against the hollow of Jacob's thigh on the sinew that shrank. (1922LeeserI, Genesis (Bereshit) 32:25-26,33)
More about the plot in our work: Ninth month, eleventh day (2024АрхиповСВ. Девятый месяц, одиннадцатый день).



Bessie Harvey – tree root sculpture Jacob Wrestling with the Angel (ca. 1990); original in the high.org collection (Fair use for criticism, study and comparison, color correction).



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Leeser I. The twenty-four books of the Holy Scriptures. Carefully translated according to the Massoretic text, on the basis of the English version after the best Jewish authorities and supplied with short explanatory notes by Isaac Leeser. New York: Bloch Pub. Co., 1922. archive.org

Архипов С.В. Девятый месяц, одиннадцатый день: Рассуждение о XXXII главе книги Бытие; 2-е изд., перераб. и доп. Йоэнсуу: Издание Автора, 2024. Google Play , Google Books

 

Authors & Affiliations

Bessie Harvey (American, 1929–1994) was an American sculptor. high.org

   

Keywords

ligamentum capitis femoris, ligamentum teres, ligament of head of femur, image, damage, injury, mechanism, illustration, Bible



NB! Fair practice / use: copied for the purposes of criticism, review, comment, research and private study in accordance with Copyright Laws of the US: 17 U.S.C. §107; Copyright Law of the EU: Dir. 2001/29/EC, art.5/3a,d; Copyright Law of the RU: ГК РФ ст.1274/1.1-2,7

                                                                     

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1981OrtnerDJ_PutscharWGJ

  Content [i] Annotation [ii] Original text [iii] Illustrations [iv] Source & links [v] Notes [vi] Authors & Affiliations [vii] Keywords [i] Annotation Fragment from the book: Ortner DJ, Putschar WGJ. Identification of Pathological Conditions in Human Skeletal Remains (1981). The authors describe signs of ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF) pathology in the remains of a Bronze Age individual, possibly resulting from recurrent hip subluxation. The text in Russian is available at the following link: 1981OrtnerDJ_PutscharWGJ . [ii] Original text Quote pp. 360-361   An adult male skeleton from tomb A100E at the Early Bronze Age [c. 3500–2000 BCE] cemetery of Bab edh-Dhra in Jordan has an abnormally shallow acetabulum of the right hip. This is the same skeleton that had a separate neural arch. The acetabulum is also much larger in diameter than the corresponding acetabulum of the left innominate (Figure 577). There is a moderate amount of arthritic lipping on the m...
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2021ProlyginaIV

  Content [i] Annotation [ii] Original text in Russian [iii] English translation [iv] Source & links [v] Notes [vi] Authors & Affiliations [vii] Keywords [i] Annotation Excerpts from article Prolygina IV. Galen's treatise «On Bones for Beginners» ( Трактат Галена « О костях для начинающих », 2021). The author translates Galen's treatise, which mentions the location and significant strength of the ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF). The text in Russian is available at the following link:  2021ПролыгинаИВ . [ii] Original text in Russian Quote p. 166 2. В каждой из седалищных костей есть весьма большая впадина, которая крепится при помощи очень крепкой связки [ LCF ] к головке бедренной кости. [iii] English translation Quote p. 166 2. In each of the ischial bones there is a very large socket, which is attached by a very strong ligament [LCF] to the head of the femur. [iv] Source & links Пролыгина ИВ. Трактат Галена « О костях для начинающих ». Hyp...
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1665LindenJA

  Content [i] Annotation [ii] Original text (in Latin) [iii] English translation [iv] Source & links [v] Notes [vi] Authors & Affiliations [vii] Keywords [i] Annotation Fragment from the book: Linden JA . Magni Hippocratis Coi Opera Omnia Graece Et Latine Edita. Vol. I. (1665). This article presents an excerpt from the treatise «Mochlicus» (Instruments of Reductions) by  Hippocrates of Cos    (b. 460 BC), translated into Latin. The author describes for the first time the localization and area of distal attachment of the ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF) describit, mentionem in alio tractatu ponens. A translation of this article into Russian is available at the link: 1665LindenJA .  The original source in Greek sees at the link: 1844LittreE , and in English at: 1886AdamsF . [ii] Original text (in Latin) Quote pp. 294-295 Vol. I. Ossium natura II. Ipsum aurem femur foras, & in anteriore parte incurvum est. Caput autem ejus appendix eft r...
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1737CornariusJ

Content [i] Annotation [ii] Original text (in Latin) [iii] English translation [iv] Source & links [v] Notes [vi] Authors & Affiliations [vii] Keywords [i] Annotation Fragment from the book: Cornarius J. Hippocratis Opera omnia, Vol. I (Гиппократ, Полное собрание сочинений, 1737). This article presents an excerpt from the treatise «Mochlicus» (Instruments of Reductions) by Hippocrates of Cos (b. 460 BC), translated into Latin. The author describes for the first time the localization and area of distal attachment of the ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF). A translation of this article into Russian is available at the link: 1737 CornariJ . The original source in Greek sees at the link: 1844LittreE , and in English at: 1886AdamsF . [ii] Original text (in Latin) Quote p. 63 Liber de ossium natura Mochlicus Ipsum aurem femur foras, & in anteriore parte incurvum est. Caput autem ejus appendix eft rotunda, ex qua nervus, qui in coxae acetabulo est, nascitur. Subobliq...
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1914RickettsCS

   Ricketts C.S. , Jacob Wrestling with the Angel (before 1914).   Depicting the circumstances and mechanism of the ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF) injury based on the description in the Book of Genesis:  25 And Ja cob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.  26 And when he saw that he could not pre vail against him, he struck against the hollow of his thigh ; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was put out of joint, as he was wrestling with him. … 33 Therefore do the children of Israel not eat the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day; because he struck against the hollow of Jacob's thigh on the sinew that shrank. ( 1922LeeserI , Genesis (Bereshit) 32:25-26,33) More about the plot in our work: Ninth month, eleventh day ( 2024АрхиповСВ. Девятый месяц, одиннадцатый день ). Charles S. Ricketts – Jacob Wrestling with the Angel (before 1914). Presented by Miss Katherine Harris Bradley, origina...
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