1956SingerCJ

Fragment from the book Singer CJ (Ed., trans.). On anatomical procedures: De anatomicis administrationibus (1956). Galen writes about the high resiliency and hardness of ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF), and also notes its connective function. See our commentary at the link: 1956SingerCJ [Rus], and 2020ArkhipovSV_ProlyginaIV.

Quote. p. 55.

[Eng]

On anatomical procedures; Book II. Chapter 10.

As with the arm you examined the ligaments of the bones, so now examine those of all the exposed joints and first of the hip. This has one ligament embracing it [capsular ligament], as with all joints. A second, hidden in the depths of the joint [ligamentum teres], ties the head of the femur to the hollow in the hip-bone [acetabulum]. It is so tough that it could be called a 'cartilaginous sinew'. (Transl. by Ch. Singer; original source: 1821KühnCG).

External links

Singer CJ (Ed., trans.). On anatomical procedures: De anatomicis administrationibus. London, New York, Toronto: Published for the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum by Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1956. [archive.org]

Kühn CG. Clavdii Galeni Opera omnia. Editionem cvravit D. Carolvs Gottlob Kühn, professor physiologiae et pathologiae in literarvm vniversitate Lipsiensi pvblicvs ordinarivs etc. Vol. II. Lipsiae: Prostat in officina libraria Car. Cnoblochii, 1821. [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) , r esearchgate.net]

Authors & Affiliations

Charles Joseph Singer (1876-1960) was a British historian of science, technology, and medicine. [wikipedia.org]

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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