Fragments from the book Kulmus JA. Tables anatomiques (1734). The author briefly writes about the anatomy, properties and attachment of the ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF). There are known translations of the treatise into Latin (1732KulmusJA) and German (1740KulmusJA).
Quote p. 56-57
[Fra]
2.) Le Ligament rond quiest court, mais très-fort, tireson origine du fond
de: la cavité cotyloïde, aboutit à la fosse qui se trouve à la partie superieure
du condyle de l'os de la cuisse.
c. La Tète où la partie superieure, qui a un creux dans lequel le ligament
rond est attaché.
Translation
[Eng]
2.) The round ligament is short but very strong; it arises at the bottom
of the acetabulum and joins the fossa at the top of the femoral condyle.
с. In the upper part of the
head there is a recess in which the round ligament is attached.
External links
Kulmus JA. Tables anatomiques: dans lesquelles on explique en peu de
mots la structure & l'usage du corps humain et de toutes ses parties. … Amsterdam : Janssons
à Waesberge, MDCCXXXIV [1734]. [archive.org]
Authors & Affiliations
Johann Adam Kulmus (Adam Kulm, 1689-1745) was a German physician and anatomist, a professor of medicine and physics at the Academic Gymnasium Danzig. [wikipedia.org]
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Johann Adam Kulmus (ca. 1740) Line engraving by Jacob Houbraken, 1743, after Jacob Wessel, 1740; original in the wikimedia.org collection (CC0 – Public Domain, no changes). |
Keywords
ligamentum capitis femoris, ligamentum teres, ligament of head of femur, anatomy, attachment, properties
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