177-180aGalen

Fragment from the treatise Galen. Commentary on Hippocrates’ On Joints, I.  (Ιπποκρατογσ το Περι αρθρων βιβλιον και Γαληνογ εισ αυτο υπομνηματα τεσσαρα [υπομνημα πρώτον], ca. 177-180). The author writes about the localization of the distal attachment area, the connecting function and the high strength of the ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF). See our commentary at the link: 177-180aGalen [Rus], and 2020ArkhipovSV_ProlyginaIV.

Quote.

[Grc]

Ιπποκρατογσ το Περι αρθρων βιβλιον και Γαληνογ εισ αυτο υπομνηματα τεσσαρα [υπομνημα πρώτον]. Κεφ. γʹ.

του τε μηρου την κεφαλήν έχοντος μικραν και τον αυχένα προμήκη. την δ' υποδεχομένην αυτόν κοτύλην βαθείαν, όφρύσιν αξιολόγοις στεφανωμένην, μετά του και σύνδεσμον ισχυρότατον κατ' άκραν αυτού την κεφαλήν τώ βαθυτάτω χωρίω της κοτύλης την σύμφυσιν έχειν. εικότως ούν ολιγάκις ο μηρός εκπίπτει, πλειστάκις δε ο βραχίων, ως αν μήτε τον σύνδεσμον έχων μήτ' εγκαταβαινων βαθεία κοιλότητι. (original source: 1829KühnCG, pp. 310-311)

[Lat]

Hippocratis de articulis liber Galeni in eum commentarii quatuor [commentarius primus]. Cap. III.

femur vero caput parvum habet et cervicem oblongam, id vero cavum quo recipitur valde sinuatum est et altis labris cingitur, adde quod in summo capite per validissimum ligamentum ad suum cavum, qua maxime altum est, destinetur. Jure itaque femur raro procidit, saepe humerus, ut qui neque ligamentum habeat, neque in altiori cavo se insinuet. (original source: 1829KühnCG, pp. 310-311)

Translation

[Eng]

Commentary on Hippocrates’ On Joints, I. Chapter 3.

The thigh bone has a small head and an elongated neck. It is located in the acetabulum, which is [quite] deep and surrounded by protruding edges; and at the top of its head [there is] a strongest ligament connecting with the acetabulum in the deepest place. That is why the femur is rarely dislocated as opposed to the shoulder that has no ligament and does not enter a deep cavity. (original source: 2020ArkhipovSV_ProlyginaIV).

External links

Kühn CG. Clavdii Galeni Opera omnia. Editionem cvravit D. Carolvs Gottlob Kühn, professor physiologiae et pathologiae in literarvm vniversitate Lipsiensi pvblicvs ordinarivs etc. Vol. XVIII. Pars I. Lipsiae: Prostat in officina libraria Car. Cnoblochii, 1829. [archive.org, babel.hathitrust.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

Galen (Κλαύδιος Γαληνός, Aelius Galenus, Claudius Galenus, Γαληνός ὁ Περγαμηός, Galenus Pergamenus, Galen of Pergamon; 129–210/217) was a Roman and Greek physician, surgeon, anatomist, and philosopher. [wikipedia.org]

Galen
Engraver Georg Paul Busch (18th cent.);
original in the wikipedia.org collection (CC0 – Public Domain, no changes).

Keywords

ligamentum capitis femoris, ligamentum teres, ligament of head of femur, anatomy, attachment, synonym, role, properties, Galen 

                                                                    

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