130bcHegetor

 

Fragment from the treatise Hegetor On Causes (Περὶ αὶτιῶν, ca. 130 BC). The author writes about the connecting function and attachment areas of the ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF), and also points out its damage during hip dislocation. See our commentary at the link: 130bcHegetor [Rus], and 2020ArkhipovSV_ProlyginaIV; translation into Latin: 1745CocchiA.

Quote

[Grc]

Περὶ αὶτιῶν.

(original source: 1834DietzFR, pp. 34-35;
see also: 1965KolleschJ_KudlienF, pp. 78, 80)

Translation

[Eng]

On Causes.

Why don’t those who rely only on experience seek to find any other [way] of reduction the femoral head for those who have it dislocated, in such a way that every time it dislocates, it can be reset? After all, we can observe that the lower jaw, and the humeral head, the elbow, and the knee, and each finger, and the majority of joints that may dislocate, can be reset in a similar way. For, not being able to understand why this joint only, after dislocation and repeated reduction, won’t remain in its place, and seeing what often happens with other joints, they will probably come to the conclusion that there might be a better way of reduction, after which the joint will stay [set]. If they only thought about the reason from the point of view of anatomy, - because the femoral head is a foundation for the ligament (νεῦρον) [of femoral head], which grows into the middle of acetabulum; and when it remains [intact], the femur cannot dislocate, but when it ruptures, the hip cannot provide a firm connection; and when there is a lack of connection, the joint cannot remain in place. Since the reason has been clarified, one can refrain altogether from a reduction of a dislocated femur and not make attempts doomed to failure. (original source: 2020ArkhipovSV_ProlyginaIV)

External links

Kollesch J, Kudlien F. Apollonii Citiensis In Hippocratis De articulis commentaries; ediderunt J.Kollesch et F.Kudlien, in linguam Germanicam transtulerunt J.Kollesch et D.Nickel. Berolini; in aedibus Academiae Scientiarum, 1965. [cmg.bbaw.de]

Dietz FR (Ed). Apollonii Citiensis, Stephani, Palladii, Theophili, Meletii, Damascii, Ioannis, aliorum Scholia Hippocratem et Galenum e codicibus MSS. Vindobonens. Monacens. Florentin. Mediolanens. Escorialens., etc. Vol. 1. Königsberg: Borntraeger, 1834. [archive.org]

Arkhipov SV, Prolygina IV. Ancient Textual Sources on Ligamentum Teres: Context and Transmission. MLTJ. 2020;10(3):536-546. [mltj.online , mltj.online(PDF) , researchgate.net]

Authors & Affiliations

Hegetor (Ἡγήτωρ, III-II cent. BC, ca. 130 BC) was a Greek physician, surgeon, and medical writer. [wikipedia.org, quod.lib.umich.edu,  1957SingerCJ]

See: Singer C. A Short History of Anatomy from the Greeks to Harvey. New York: Dover Publications, 1957.  [archive.org]

Keywords

ligamentum capitis femoris, ligamentum teres, ligament of head of femur, synonym, attachment, role, dislocation, damage, Hegetor

                                                                    

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