1751HallerA

Fragments from the book Haller A. Disputationum anatomicarum selectarum. Vol. VI (1751). The author cites an observation from the work of Saltzmann J, Nicolai HA. Decas observationum illustrium anatomicarum (1725) in which a case of absence of ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF) from two sides is described.

Quote p. 694.

[Lat]

Observ. VII.

Non rationi solummodo sed & experientiae repugnat istorum assertum, qui luxationem ossis femoris fractura facilius contingere asserunt. Quodsi tamen status iste p. n, occurrit, quem praesentibus duobus Medicinae Candidatis dignissimis Dn. Wollfart & Flach amicis honorandis, in vetula observavi, in qua ligamenta valida teretia, quibus os femoris ordinario cum acetabulo jungitur, in vtroqve latere rarissimo sane exemplo defvervnt, haud obscure patet, illo posito luxationem facilivs qvam fracturam contingere.

Translation

[Eng]

Quote p. 694

Observation VII.

The statement that dislocation of the femur occurs more easily with a fracture contradicts not only reason, but also experience. However, if this condition does arise, as it did in an elderly woman whom I saw in the presence of two worthy candidates of medicine, Messrs. Wollfart and Flach, my esteemed friends, who has strong rounded ligaments [ligamenta valida teretia], which usually connect the femur with the acetabulum, were absent on both sides, which is a very rare case, it becomes indisputably clear that in this case a dislocation occurs more easily than a fracture.

External links

Haller A. Disputationum anatomicarum selectarum: volumen VI, Ad chylificationem collegit, edidit, praefatus est Albertus Haller. Göttingae: Abram Vandenhoeck, MDCCLI [1751]. [archive.org]

Authors & Affiliations

Albrecht von Haller (Albertus de Haller, 1708-1777) was a Swiss anatomist, physiologist, naturalist, encyclopedist, bibliographer, professor in Göttingen. [wikipedia.org]

Albrecht von Haller (1736)
Artist Johann Rudolf Huber; original in the wikimedia.org collection
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Keywords

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

                                                                                                                  

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