1779SandifortE

The author talks about an anatomical specimen of a femur that does not have a fossa of the femoral head – the area of attachment of the ligament of the ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF). This publication was later mentioned by 1830HildebrandtGF_WeberEH.

Sandifort E. Observationes anatomico-pathologicæ, Liber III. Lugdunum Batavorum: Apud P.v.d. Eyk et D. Vygh, 1779.
Quote p. 135
Femoris ossis caput absque illa fovea, cui adnectere sese ligamentum teres solet, ostensum nostro in Theatro est, dum totum hocce ligamentum plane deërat (i).	The head of the femur without the pit to which the ligamentum teres usually attaches was shown to us in Theatre [Anatomical Theater], while in this case the entire ligament was completely absent (i).
(i) Conf. Salzmann Decas Obfervat. illuftr. Anatom. Argentor. 1725. obf. 7. in Halleri Collect. Difput. Anatom, vol. 6. pag. 694.	(i) Conf. Salzmann Decas Obfervat. illuftr. Anatom. Argentor. 1725. obf. 7. in Halleri Collect. Difput. Anatom, vol. 6. pag. 694.

External links

Sandifort E. Observationes anatomico-pathologicæ, Liber III. Lugdunum Batavorum: Apud P.v.d. Eyk et D. Vygh, 1779. [books.google]

Authors & Affiliations

Eduard Sandifort (1742-1814), was a Dutch physician and anatomist, professor of anatomy and surgery at Leiden University. [wikipedia.org]

Eduard Sandifort
Coloured lithograph by L. Springer;
original in the Wellcome Collection (CC0 – Public Domain, color correction)

Keywords

ligamentum capitis femoris, ligamentum teres, ligament of head of femur, absence, observation

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