Abstract:Hermann Welcker 1 designates a part of this fascia which lias been variously described, but according to him never understood. In the last edition of Quain, the tensor vagina: femoris is said to be inserted between two laminai of this fascia, and the description goes on as follows: " The outer of these laminae is continued upwards on the muscle in its whole extent, being part of the general investment of the limb ; the deeper is connected above with the origin of the rectus muscle, and with the fibres attachin… Show more
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