1550CortiM

 

Fragment from the book Corti M. In Mundini Anatomen explicatio (1550). An early description of the anatomy and role of ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF) is presented, and a rare synonym is mentioned. The pathogenesis of lameness and soft tissue atrophy in LCF pathology is discussed. For more details, see the comment 1550CortiM [Rus].

Quote p. 376-377.

[Lat]

De anatomia cruris & pedis.

Postea eleua musculos & chordas & vide ossa. Et primum est os foemoris supra quod fabricati sunt spondyles dorsi: & per consequens totum corpus. In parte inferiori habet pixidem quondam: in cuius concauitate locata est extremitas rotunda canna coxe: quae vertebrum vocatur. & in medio amborum in parte interiori est quod dam ligamentum quod potest vocari vertebrum: & quando hoc vel primum resilit foras: tunc niecesse est hominem claudicare: quia crus hoc elongatur & firmari non potest: nec totum potest bene supportari: & necesse est vt crus tabescat: quia uene quae pertranseunt inferius propter oppressionem & obliquationem quodammodo oppilantur: licet non perfecte & iunctura haec istorum ossium vocatur scia: vnde dolor eius vocatur sciaticus.

Translation

[Eng]

On the anatomy of the leg and foot.

Then lift up the muscles and tendons and look at the bones. And the first will be the femur, on which the vertebrae of the back are built, and therefore the whole body. In the lower part [of the body] there is a cavity, in the depression of which is the round end of the femur, which is called a vertebra (vertebrum). And between them, in the front part, there is a certain ligament, which can also be called a vertebra (vertebrum); when it comes out [dislocates], a person begins to limp, because this leg is lengthened and not fixed, and the whole body cannot be well supported, the leg begins to atrophy, since the veins passing below are subject to compression and bending, which leads to their partial blockage. This connection of the two bones is called the sciatic (scia), and hence the pain in it is called sciatica (sciaticus).

External links

Corti M. In Mundini Anatomen explicatio. Nunc primum in lucem aedita. Papiae: Apud Franciscum Moschenum et Joannem Baptistam Nigrum. MDL [1550]. [archive.org , books.google]

Authors & Affiliations

Corti Matteo (1475-1564) was an Italian physician, anatomist, a professor at the University of Pisa and Padua. [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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