Fragment from the book Platter F. Observationum (1614). The author notes the role of the ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF) in fixing the femur in the acetabulum and the possibility of its lengthening (synovitis).
Quote pp. 141-142
[Lat]
Cruris dextri astrictio & contractio, post
coxendicum dolorem.
Cùm enim ligamentum illud articulum circumd ás, omnium totius corporis
ligamentorum, quae articulos ambiunt, sit amplissimum; fieri potest, ut adeò
cedat, ut (sicuti saepe sit) femoris caput, è suo sinu devoluatur, & in
membranae illius (quae cùm erassissima sit, prae omnibus totius corporis
ligamentis, nunquam vi qualicunque disrumpi potest) amplitudine seu capacitate
subsistat, elongato simul & vehementer attracto, tereti illo & crasso,
quod caput aliàs in suo sinu retinere solet, ligamento. Quod & ob tensionem
illam nimiam, astrictum & induratum, chordae alicuius crasssissimae &
firmisimae instar, quae nunquam disrumpi, nunquam ab acetabulo, cuius
cartilagini innata est, vel extremis imperibus abrumpi potest, femur suspensum
retinet, motumque illius ad inferiora, cum nunc non ampliùs, ut femur in sinu
erat laxum, sed ob illius descensum, vehementer, uti dictum, tensum sit,
impedit.
Translation
[Eng]
Shortening and bending of the right leg with pain in the hip joint.
Since the ligament surrounding this joint is the largest
of all the ligaments of the body that surround the joints, it is possible that
it can stretch so much that (as often happens) the head of the femur comes out
of its socket and remains in the cavity of this shell (which, being the
thickest of all the ligaments of the body, can never be torn under any
circumstances). At the same time, the elongated and strongly stretched ligament
that normally holds the head in place in its socket, is also stretched and
strained, becoming like the thickest and strongest string, which can never be
torn and can never be torn from the acetabulum, and from the cartilage into
which it grows, even with the strongest efforts, holding the hip suspended.
This prevents it from shifting downwards, since now the thigh is not free in its
socket, but is strongly stretched and lengthened, as was said.
External links
Platter F. Observationum, in hominis affectibus plerisque, corpori et animo, functionum laesione, dolore, aliave molestia et vitio incommodantibus, libri tres. Basel: imp. L. Koenig, MDCXIIII [1614]. [books.google]
Authors & Affiliations
Felix Platter (Plater, Platerus; 1536-1614) was a
Swiss physician, professor of medicine at the University of Basel. [wikipedia.org]
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| Felix Platter (1584) Artist Hans Bock, original in the wikimedia.org collection (CC0 – Public Domain, no changes) |
Keywords
ligamentum capitis femoris, ligamentum teres, ligament of
head of femur, anatomy, role, elongation, properties
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