Abstract
Femoral head fracture was initially described by Birkett in 1869. Of essential importance in this respect were the publications by Christopher in 1924 and, particularly, Pipkin's study of 1957, including his classification that is still in use today.
In the Czech literature, the first description was published by Morávek in 1912. A historically correct eponym for a femoral head fracture would therefore be Birkitt-Pipkin fracture.