1836-1840PartridgeR

 

«Prof. Partridge in his lectures on anatomy at King's College was accustomed to compare the Ligamentum Teres, in its function, to the leathern straps by which the body of a carriage is suspended on springs» (1874SavoryWS). Perhaps Nikolai Pirogov listened to these lectures (1859PirogoffN). The analogy that Richard Partridge used could have arisen after reading the monograph Bell J. The Principles of Surgery (1801). In it, the author depicted a cart and a pelvis resting on the head of one and two femurs. However, there is no mention of ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF) in the chart descriptions.

References

Savory WS. On the use of the ligamentum teres of the hip joint. J Anat Physiol. 1874;8(2)291-6.  [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ,  archive.org]

Pirogoff N. Anatome topographica sectionibus per corpus humanum congelatum triplici directione ductus illustrate. Petropoli: Typis Jacobi Trey, 1859.  [books.google , archive.org]

Bell J. The Principles of Surgery: In Two Volumes: Volume First; Of the ordinary duties of the surgeon, containing the principles of surgery, as they relate to wounds, ulcers, and fistulas, aneurisms, and wounded arteries, fractures of the linbs, and the duties of the military and hospital surgeon. …. Edinburgh: Printed for T. Cadell, jun. [and others], 1801. [books.google , anatomia.library.utoronto.ca , archive.org]

Authors & Affiliations

Richard Partridge F.R.S., F.R.C.S. (1805-1873) was a British surgeon, professor of descriptive and surgical anatomy at King's College (1836-1840), professor of anatomy at the Royal Academy (from 1853). [wikipedia.org]

Richard Partridge, British surgeon (1873)
 Authors: Barraud & Jerrard, Photographers; original in the wikimedia.org collection
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Keywords

ligamentum capitis femoris, ligamentum teres, ligament of head of femur, role, significance, biomechanics

                                                                     

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