Fragment from the treatise Oribasius Medical Collections (Οριβάσιου. Ἰατρικαὶ Συναγωγαί; Oribasius. Collectiones medicae, ca. 355-363 [our opinion]). The author writes about the high strength and role of ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF) quoting Galen of Pergamon (De Ossibus ad Tirones; On Bones for Beginners). See our commentary at the link: 355-363Oribasius [Rus] and 2020ArkhipovSV_ProlyginaIV. Latin translation - 1735RasarioJB, French translation - 1858BussemakerUC_DarembergC.
Quote.
[Grc]
Συναγωγαί Ίατρικα. ιθ’. Περι των ανωνυμων.
Κοτύλῃ δὲ ἐστὶν ἐν ἐκατὲρῳ τῶν ἰσχίων εύμεγέθης, ισχυροτάτῳ συδἐσμοῳ συμπεφυκυῖα τῇ τοῦ μηροῦ κεφαλῇ. (original source: 1858BussemakerUC_DarembergC, p. 419; see also 1931RaederJ, p. 60)
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| (original source: 1931RaederJ, p. 60) |
Translation
[Eng]
Medical Collections. Book XXV, 19. Bone without a name.
There is a socket of large size in each of the ischia, attached by a
very stout ligament (σύνδεσμος) to the head of the femur. (original source: 2020ArkhipovSV_ProlyginaIV).
External links
Rasario JB. Oribasii Anatomica ex libris Galeni, cum versione latina
Joannis Batistae Rasarii: curante Gulielmo Dundass; cujus notae accedunt.
Lugduni batavorum: Apud Joh. Arn. Langerack, MDCCXXXV [1735]. [archive.org]
Bussemaker UC, Daremberg C. Oeuvres d'Oribase. T. III. Paris: A
l'Imprimerie nationale, MDCCCLIII [1858]. [archive.org]
Raeder J. Oribasii Collectionum medicarum reliquiae, libri XXIV-XXV.
XLIII-XLVIII. Vol. III. Lipsiae et Berolini: In aedibus B.G. Tevbneri, MCMXXXI.
[1931]. [cmg.bbaw.de]
Authors & Affiliations
Oribasius (Oreibasius, Ὀρειβάσιος; ca. 320-430) was
a Greek medical writer and physician. [wikipedia.org , oxfordreference.com]
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| Oribasius (on the left) Portrait from the book Fries L. Spiegel der Artzney. Strasbourg: Balthasar Beck, 1532; original in the britishmuseum.org collection (CC0 – Public Domain, fragment) |
Keywords
ligamentum capitis femoris, ligamentum teres, ligament of head of femur, anatomy, synonym, role, mechanical properties, Oribasius
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