Fragments from the book Morgagni GB. Adversaria anatomica omnia (1762). The author criticizes the «Theatrum Anatomicum» written by Jean-Jacques Manget (1717) and mentions the properties and localization of ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF).
Quote p. 51
XXXVIII. Femoris caput suo
acetabulo affigi, scribis, primum membranaceum agnosco, quod vaginæ instar
totam femoris cervicem obducens, hanc quoque, non sine magna utilitate, intra
articuli productam caveam includit. Teres quoque ligamentum illud brevius,
& internum agnosco. Illud vero cartilagineum quod secundo loco a duobus
prioribus distinctum memoras, neque ipse agnosco, neque alios agnoscere Anatomicos,
invenio etiam qui de Ligamentis diligentius scripsere. Num illud vis
additamentum marginis acetabuli, natura inter cartilaginem & ligamentum
media, atque intra membranacei vinculi vaginam libere inclusum? Sed illud,
acetabuli cujus cartilagineum supercilium vocant, additamentum et, non capitis
femoris cum acetabulo ligamentum. Hæc una ex illis erat rebus quas majoris perspicuitatis
causa explicare debebas, nisi, quod Bidlous quoque fecerat, ita properanter hæc
scripsisses, ut vel insignem illum qui inter duo femoris inferiora capita
polterius est, sinum, tuto illac transmittendis majoribus cruris vasis &
nervis excavatum, indicare prætermiseris.
Translation
[Eng]
XXXVIII. You write that the head of the femur is attached to the
acetabulum. Firstly, I acknowledge the membranous connection, which, like a
sheath, covers the entire neck of the femur and, also including this within the
cavity of the joint, is of great utility. I also acknowledge that the round
ligament is short and located internally. However, that cartilaginous ligament
which you mention secondly, distinct from the two previous ones, I neither
acknowledge myself nor find other anatomists acknowledging it, among those who
have written more diligently about ligaments. Perhaps you mean the additional
part of the acetabular margin, situated between the cartilage and the ligament,
freely included within the sheath of the membranous ligament? But that is
called the additional part of the cartilaginous margin of the acetabulum, not a
ligament of the femoral head with the acetabulum. This was one of the things
you should have explained for greater clarity, unless, as Bidloo also did, you
wrote this so hastily that you even failed to mention the notable sinus located
between the two lower heads of the femur, excavated for the safe passage of the
larger vessels and nerves of the leg.
External links
Morgagni GB. Adversaria anatomica omnia... Venetiis: Ex Typ.
Remondiniana, MDCCLXII [1762]. [books.google]
Authors & Affiliations
Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1682-1771) was an Italian anatomist,
professor of anatomy at the University of Padua. [wikipedia.org]
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Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1762) Line engraving by C. Orazio, original in the wellcomecollection.org collection (CC0 – Public Domain, retouching, color correction) |
Keywords
ligamentum capitis femoris, ligamentum teres, ligament
of head of femur, anatomy, properties
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