An essay on the fracture of the patella or kneepan ... with observations on the fracture of the olecranon ... / [John Sheldon].

  • John Sheldon
Date:
1819
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Credit: An essay on the fracture of the patella or kneepan ... with observations on the fracture of the olecranon ... / [John Sheldon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    strong tendon^ which divides into two branches^ one short and straight^ the other long and bent; the shortest arises from the anterior inferior spinal process of the Ilium; the long branch arises from the Ilium, is inflected backwards over the Supercilium of the Acetabulum, and runs in the direction of the Supercilium; it is strong and flat^ ad¬ heres very closely to the bone^ and is covered by the capsular ligament and the Glutceus minimus: from thence the muscle runs down wholly fleshy^ and partly penniform, some of its fibres meeting above and separating be¬ low ; it is narrow at the upper extremity, and grows gradually broader towards the middle, afterwards it contracts again in the same manner, and at the lower extremity of the Os Femoris ends in a broad flat tendon : through its whole course it lies between the two Fasti, and covers the Cruroeus; its infe¬ rior tendon is inserted in the upper edge of the Patella, from whence it sends down a small plane of tendinous fibres, which ad¬ heres very closely to the convex side of that
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