480-413bcHippocrates

 

Fragment from the treatise Hippocrates On the Instruments of Reduction (Μοχλικός, ca. 480-413 BC, our opinion). The author reports the presence of ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF) in the acetabulum and indicates its distal attachment site. See our commentary at the link: 480-413bcHippocrates [Rus].

Quote

[Grc]

Μοχλικός. 1.

ἄλλην δὲ ἄνωθεν ἔχουσιν ἐπίφυσιν, ἐν ᾗ τὸ τοῦ μηροῦ ἄρθρον κινέεται, ἁπλόον καὶ εὐσταλὲς ὡς ἐπὶ μήκει·εἶδος κονδυλῶδες, ἔχον ἐπιμυλίδα· αὐτὸς δ᾿ ἔγκυρτος ἔξω καὶ ἔμπροσθεν·ἡ δὲ κεφαλὴ ἐπίφυσίς ἐστι στρογγύλη, ἐξ ἧς τὸ νεῦρον τὸ ἐν τῇ κοτύλῃ τοῦ ἰσχίου πέφυκεν ὑποπλάγιον δὲ καὶ τοῦτο προσήρτηται, ἧσσον δὲ βραχίονος. (original source: 1844LittreE, p. 340)

Translation

[Eng]

Mochlicus. 1.

... the femur itself bends outwards and forwards; its head is a round epiphysis which gives origin to the ligament inserted in the acetabulum of the hip-joint [translator's note: Allusion is evidently made to the ligamentum teres]. This bone is articulated somewhat obliquely, but less so than the humerus. (original source: 1886AdamsF, p. 162)

External links

Littré É. Oeuvres complétes d'Hippocrate / traduction nouvelle avec le texte grec en regard, collationne sur les manuscrits et toutes les editions; accompagnée d'une introduction, de commentaires médicaux, de variants et de notes philologiques; suivie d'une table générale des matières, par É. Littré T.IV. A Paris: chez J.-B.Baillière, 1844. [books.google]

Adams F. The genuine works of Hippocrates; tr. from the Greek, with a preliminary discourse and annotations by Francis Adams; Vol. 2. New York: William Wood & Company, 1886. [books.google] 

Authors & Affiliations

Hippocrates (Hippocrates of Kos, Ἱπποκράτης ὁ Κῷος, Hippocrates II; 460 – ca. 370 BC) was a Greek physician, philosopher. [wikipedia.org]

Hippocrates
Bust in the State Darwin Museum, Moscow; photograph by the author.

Keywords

ligamentum capitis femoris, ligamentum teres, ligament of head of femur, anatomy, synonym, attachment, Hippocrates

                                                                    

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