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Fragments from the book Petit JL. L'Art de Guérir les Maladies des Os (1709, second edition). The author discusses the anatomy, role and damage of the ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF) in hip dislocation, and also mentions the principle of treatment. The text is prepared for machine translation using a service built into the blog from Google or your web browser.

Quote 1.

Ch. VII. p. 38.

… outre que l'articulation du bras n'a que des ligamens fort lâches , & n'est point assujettie par un ligament rond comme la cuisse , d'où vient qu'il fait toutes sortes de mouvemens avec vitesse.

Quote 2.

Ch. XII. p. 63.

4. Il y a un ligament rond qui s'oppose à la luxation. Ce ligament prend son origine de la tête du femur, & s'insere dans la cavité de l'ischion; à la verité il ne s'infere pas directement au fond de la cavité ny au milieu de la tête, ce qui fait qu'il ne peur pas s'opposer à toutes les especes de luxations, comme nous le ferons voir dans les differences.

Quote 3.

Ch. XII. p. 64.

3. Le ligament rond: qui retient la tête del'os se trou ve plus proche du bord de la cavité du côté interne, ce qui fait que la tête peut s'éloigner plus du côté interne que des autres, sans que le ligament soussre beaucoup de tension, & sans qu'il s'oppose par consequent à laluxation interne.

Quote 4.

Ch. XII. pз. 64-65.

3. Le ligament rond ne peut s'alonger jusques-là , & l'os ne se peut luxer de cette maniere, que le ligament ne rompe, ainsi il saut une force majeure , car si elle est mediocre , le ligament pourra resister & empêcher la luxation.

Quote 5.

Ch. XII. pp. 69-70.

Les autres luxations sont dangereuses aprés la réduction , &celle-ci ne l'est presque point , parce que le ligament rond se déchire & se rompt dans toutes , hors dans celle-ci , parce que l'os fait moins de chemin , ce qui fait que le ligament rond n'est pas rompu , d'autant plus qu'il est attaché dans la cavité de l'ischion tout auprés du bord du côté du trou ovalaire , ce qui donne plus de facilité à la tête de l'os de s'éloigner de ce côté sans rompre ce ligament.»'''

  ''' «La plus dangereuse est celle qui se fait sur l'os pubis, parce qu'elle comprime les vaisseaux, dont il arrive de grands accidens , comme on le peut connoître dans les signes que nous en avons décrit , & celle-ci comme les autres qui se sont en dehors ou en haut, sont dangereuses , à cause de la rupture du ligament rond , c'est pourquoi il faut absolument tenir le malade de repos aprés la réduction , asin de tenter l'union de ce ligament. 

External links

Courtial JJ, Petit JL, Lemery L. Descriptin exacte des Os. Comprise en ces trois traitez: I. Nouvelles observacionis anatomiqes sur les os…; II. L'art de guerir les maladies des Os…; III L'Art de Guérir les Maladies des Os. III . Dissertation sur la nourriture des Os… Leide: Theodore Haak, 1709.   [books.google]

Authors & Affiliations

Jean-Louis Petit (1674-1750) was French surgeon and anatomist. [wikipedia.org]

Jean-Louis Petit
The author of the image is Ambroise Tardieu;
original in the 
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Keywords

ligamentum capitis femoris, ligamentum teres, ligament of head of femur, anatomy, dislocation, injury, pathological anatomy, treatment

                                                                    

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