Joseph Babinski
Subtitle: a biography
By: Jacques Philippon, Jacques Poirier.
Contributors: Poirier, Jacques, 1937-
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 453
ISBN-13: 9780195369755
Subjects: Babinski, J. -- 1857-1932.; Babinski, J. -- 1857-1932.; Neurologists -- France -- Biography.; Neurology -- France -- Biography.; Neurology -- history -- France.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-428) and index.
Table of contents: title: Babinski's life and times; title: A complex and captivating personality; title: The Babinski and their Polish roots; title: The Babinski circle; title: The competitive examinations; title: His revered teachers; title: Babinski and the Anatomical Society; title: Babinski, head of a department at La Pitié; title: The affectionate admiration of his students; title: The Babinski papers; title: The reflexes and the sign / written in collaboration with Phillipe Ricou; title: Cerebellar and vestibular symptomatology / written in collaboration with Philippe Ricou; title: Babinski and the birth of French neurosurgery; title: Babinski as therapist; title: Pithiatism versus hysteria / by Christian Derouesné; title: Neurology in the time of Babinski; title: Babinski's public image.