Hippocrates, De articulis, ed. Émile Littré, 54

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54. Ὁκόσοισι δ᾿ ἂν ἐς τὸ ἔξω ἡ τοῦ μηροῦ κεφαλὴ ἐκβῇ, τούτοισι
βραχύτερον μὲν τὸ σκέλος φαίνεται παρατεινόμενον παρὰ τὸ ἕτερον·
εἰκότως· οὐ γὰρ ἐπ᾿ ὀστέον ἡ ἐπίβασις τῆς κεφαλῆς τοῦ μηροῦ ἐστιν,
ὡς ὅτε ἔσω ἐκπέπτωκεν, ἀλλὰ παρ᾿ ὀστέον παρεγκεκλιμένην
τὴν φύσιν ἔχον, ἐν σαρκὶ δὲ στηρίζεται ὑγρῇ καὶ ὑπεικούσῃ· διὰ
τοῦτο μὲν βραχύτερον φαίνεται. Ἔσωθεν δὲ ὁ μηρὸς παρὰ τὴν
πλιχάδα καλεομένην κοιλότερος καὶ ἀσαρκότερος φαίνεται· ἔξωθεν
δὲ ὁ γλουτὸς ὑποκυρτότερος, ἅτε ἐς τὸ ἔξω τῆς κεφαλῆς τοῦ
μηροῦ ὠλισθηκυίης· ἀτὰρ καὶ ἀνωτέρω φαίνεται ὁ γλουτὸς, ἅτε
ὑπειξάσης τῆς σαρκὸς τῆς ἐνταῦθα τῇ τοῦ μηροῦ κεφαλῇ· τὸ δὲ
παρὰ τὸ γόνυ τοῦ μηροῦ ἄκρον ἔσω ῥέπον φαίνεται, καὶ ἡ κνήμη,
αὶ ὁ πούς· ἀτὰρ οὐδὲ ξυγκάμπτειν ὥσπερ τὸ ὑγιὲς σκέλος
δύνανται. Τὰ μὲν οὖν σημήϊα ταῦτα τοῦ ἔξω ἐκπεπτωκότος μηροῦ εἰσιν.

De articulis. Hippocrates. ed. Émile Littré. Paris. 1844.

Funding provided by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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De articulis (Greek) (Hippocrates. Oeuvres complètes d'Hippocrate, Vol. 4. Littré, Émile, editor. Paris: Baillière, 1844)

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Περὶ ἄρθρων Perseus (Hippocrates. Oeuvres complètes d’Hippocrate, Vol. 4. Littré, Émile, editor. Adolf M. Hakkert: Amsterdam, 1961 (printing).) — 54 focus

54.

Ὁκόσοισι δʼἂν ἐς τὸ ἔξω ἡ τοῦ μηροῦ κεφαλὴ ἐκβῇ, τούτοισι βραχύτερον μὲν τὸ σκέλος φαίνεται παρατεινόμενον παρὰ τὸ ἕτερον· εἰκότως· οὐ γὰρ ἐπʼ ὀστέον ἡ ἐπίβασις τῆς κεφαλῆς τοῦ μηροῦ ἐστιν, ὡς ὅτε ἔσω ἐκπέπτωκεν, ἀλλὰ παρʼ ὀστέον παρεγκεκλιμένην τὴν φύσιν ἔχον, ἐν σαρκὶ δὲ στηρίζεται ὑγρῇ καὶ ὑπεικούσῃ· διὰ τοῦτο μὲν βραχύτερον φαίνεται. ἔσωθεν δὲ ὁ μηρὸς παρὰ τὴν πλιχάδα καλεομένην κοιλότερος καὶ ἀσαρκότερος φαίνεται· ἔξωθεν δὲ ὁ γλουτὸς ὑποκυρτότερος, ἅτε ἐς τὸ ἔξω τῆς κεφαλῆς τοῦ μηροῦ ὠλισθηκυίης· ἀτὰρ καὶ ἀνωτέρω φαίνεται ὁ γλουτὸς, ἅτε ὑπειξάσης τῆς σαρκὸς τῆς ἐνταῦθα τῇ τοῦ μηροῦ κεφαλῇ· τὸ δὲ παρὰ τὸ γόνυ τοῦ μηροῦ ἄκρον ἔσω ῤέπον φαίνεται, καὶ ἡ κνήμη, καὶ ὁ πούς· ἀτὰρ οὐδὲ ξυγκάμπτειν ὥσπερ τὸ ὑγιὲς σκέλος δύνανται. τὰ μὲν οὖν σημήϊα ταῦτα τοῦ ἔξω ἐκπεπτωκότος μηροῦ εἰσιν.

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On the Articulations Perseus (Hippocrates, The Genuine Works of Hippocrates, Vol. 2. Adams, Francis, translator. New York: William Wood and Company, 1886.) — 54 focus

[54] When the head of the femur is dislocated outward, the limb in these cases, when compared with the other, appears shortened, and this is natural, for the head of the femur no longer rests on a bone as in dislocation inward, but along the side of a bone which naturally inclines to the side, and it is lodged in flesh of a pulpy and yielding nature, and on that account it appears more shortened. Inwardly, the thigh about the perineum appears more hollow and flabby, but externally the buttock is more rounded, from the head of the thigh having slipped outward, but the nates appear to be raised up, owing to the flesh there having yielded to the head of the thigh-bone; but the extremity of the thigh-bone, at the knee, appears to be turned inward, and the leg and foot in like manner, neither does it admit of flexion like the sound limb. These, then, are the symptoms of dislocation outward.

Hippocrates De articulis 54

ed. Émile Littré

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