1495Johannes de Ketham

 

Fragment from the book Johannes de Ketham. Fasciculus medicine (1495). An excerpt from the treatise by Mondino de Luzzi describing the anatomy and role of ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF) damage in the genesis of hip diseases. The pathogenesis of lameness and soft tissue atrophy of the leg in LCF pathology is discussed. The cited author uses and explains a rare synonym for LCF – «vertebrum». The original in Latin in our adaptation. The treatise by Mondino de Luzzi was also published in other works: 1541MondinoL_DryanderJ, 1550CortiM. See our commentary at the link: 1495Johannes de Ketham [Rus].

Quote.

[Lat]

De esse ossium & cuibus in locis dirigunt.

Et primura est os femoris supra quod fabricati sunt spondiles dorsi: & per consequens totum corpus. In parte inferiori habet pixidem quandam: in cuius concauitate locata est extremitas rotunda canna core, que vertebrum vocat: r in medio amborum in parte iteriori est quodam ligamentum, quod alio noic porest vocari vertebrum: et qu hoc vel primum resilit foras: tunc necesse ed hoies claudicare: qr crus hoc elongatur r firmari non potest nec totum non potest bene supportari: & necesse eit ut crus tabescat: qr vene que pertranseunt inferius propter oppressionem: et obliquationem quodammodo oppilantur: licet non pfecte r iunctura hec istorum ossium vocatur scia: vnde dolor eius vocat sciaticus:

Translation

[Eng]

On the existence of bones and their locations.

And the first is the femur, above which the vertebrae of the spine are installed, and therefore the whole body. In the lower part it has a certain cavity, and in its depression is placed a round core of the end of the tube, called a vertebra. And between them, in the inner part, there is a certain ligament, which can also be called a vertebra. And when this or the first ligament comes out, then a person is forced to limp, since this leg is lengthened and cannot be stably fixed, and the whole body cannot be well supported. And this leg necessarily atrophies, since the veins passing below, due to compression and bending, are partially blocked, although not completely. And this connection of the named bones is called sciatic, where pain occurs, called sciatica.

External links

Johannes de Ketham. Fasciculus medicine in quo continentur: videlicet. Uenetijs: Impressus per Ioannes [et] Gregorius de Gregorijs fratres, 1495. [archive.org , rusneb.ru]

Authors & Affiliations

Johannes de Ketham (XV cent.) a German physician who lived in Italy, he is identified as Johannes von Kirchheim. [wikipedia.org]

Mondino de Luzzi (de Liuzzi or de Lucci, ca. 1270-1326) is an Italian physician, anatomist, and professor of surgery in Bologna.  [wikipedia.org]

Mondino de Luzzi?  
Source: Anathomia Mundini Emèdata p Doctoré melerstat (1493);
original in the wikimedia.org collection (CC0 – Public Domain, no changes).

Keywords

ligamentum capitis femoris, ligamentum teres, ligament of head of femur, anatomy, damage, role, synonym, history

                                                                     

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