Joseph Babinski
By: Jacques Philippon, Jacques Poirier.
Contributors: Poirier, Jacques, 1937-
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: 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; Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references 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: histologist and pathological anatomist; title: Babinski, head of a department at La Pitié Hospital; title: The affectionate admiration of his pupils; title: Babinski papers; title: The reflexes and the sign; title: Cerebellar and vestibular symptomatology; title: Babinski and the birth of French neurosurgery; title: Babinski as a therapist; title: Pithiatism versus hysteria; title: Neurology at the time of Babinski; title: Babinski's public image; title: Sources.