How many Babinski's signs are there?

Kakitani, Fábio Toshio; Collares, Daniel; Kurozawa, Adam Y; Lima, Plínio M.G. de; Teive, Hélio A.G.

doi:10.1590/s0004-282x2010000400037

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“…Although Prof. Aloysio de Castro was fluent in other languages including French and English, his thesis and books were only published in Portuguese. This meant that his work did not earn the international respect it deserved 3,4,7 .…”

Section: Neurology In Rio De Janeiromentioning

confidence: 98%

First stages towards the establishment of Brazilian neurology faculties

Meira

Betini

Cardoso

et al. 2019

Arq. Neuro-Psiquiatr.

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The establishment of modern medicine in Brazil was marked by the arrival of the Portuguese Court in 1808, when the Bahia and Rio de Janeiro Faculties of Medicine were founded. The French School of Medicine exerted a strong influence on Brazilian medicine and on the main pioneers of Brazilian neurology. The elite of “Parisian neurology” trained students and doctors from around the world, and were mentors to the pioneers of Brazilian neurology in the early 20th century. In this article, the authors review the origins of neurology faculties in Brazilian medicine and the main pioneers of Brazilian neurology. Neurology is certainly a continuously changing field and has always adapted to new advances and discoveries, and it is an honor for the authors to pay homage to their pioneers.

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Section: Neurology In Rio De Janeiromentioning

confidence: 98%

First stages towards the establishment of Brazilian neurology faculties

Meira

Betini

Cardoso

et al. 2019

Arq. Neuro-Psiquiatr.

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“…It was only in 1914 that he finally joined the Academy of Medicine. 4,8,17 Babinski recognised the importance of semiotics in neurology and published many monographs on reflexes in health and disease. In one of his revered papers 'on tendon and periosteal reflexes', he described and characterised abnormal reflexes.…”

Section: Jó Zef Julian Franciszek Feliks Babinskimentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In 1896, he submitted his succinct report on the sign that bears his name, dorsiflexion of the large toe, and supplemented this in 1903 by a report on its exaggeration -the fan sign of toe abduction. 4,8 Babinski made other contributions in medicine, promoting the development of neurosurgery in France and the use of X-ray irradiation for treating spinal cord compression. A spinal tumour was pinpointed exactly in a patient, after Babinski accomplished a proficient history and examination, which led to its successful resection with ground-breaking surgery.…”

Section: Jó Zef Julian Franciszek Feliks Babinskimentioning

confidence: 99%

Edward Flatau (1868–1932), Samual Goldflam (1852–1932) and Józef Babinski (1857–1932): Polish pioneers in neurology

Gutowski

2014

J Med Biogr

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Flatau, Goldflam and Babinski originated from the Russian area of partitioned Poland in the 19th century and knew each other. Each contributed significantly to neurology at a time of adversity in Polish academic life because of the political situation. This paper in the main is centred on Flatau and Goldflam; Babinski, the most recognised of the three, is included for comparison. They all died in 1932, when Poland had been an independent sovereignty since the end of the First World War in 1918.

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“…This finding was connected to an intensification of the pronator teresreflex; patients frequently developed a spastic pronation contracture typical of a lesion within the pyramidal tract. Finally the French neurologist concluded that this sign could help to distinguish organic from hysterical hemiplegia (‘c’est là un signe qui peut aider à distinguer l’hémiplégie organique de l’hémiplégie hystérique’) [7,8]. Notably, at that time, hysteria and its differential diagnosis was heavily discussed in French academies and in the ‘Société de Neurologie’ [9].…”

Section: Joseph Babinski and The Differential Diagnosis Of Hysteriamentioning

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The Hand Pronation Phenomenon: A Franco-German Tale

Tremolizzo

Galbusera²,

Riva³

et al. 2011

Eur Neurol

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The hand pronation phenomenon due to a pyramidal tract lesion is a sign commonly used for identifying a mild paresis, but the first descriptions of this maneuver seem to have been only partially investigated by the historians of neuroscience. Here we illustrate that this sign was most probably originally described by Adolf Strümpell (1853–1925) in 1901 and subsequently re-proposed by the illustrious French neurologist Joseph Babinski (1857–1932) in 1907, although with a slightly different focus of application. Finally, the Pronationsphaenomen was analyzed in detail in the subsequent work of Nikolaus Gierlich (1865–1944), a less-known German neurologist who tried one of the first detailed reports of the phylogenetic significance of this sign, publishing a paper in 1925. These works are reported here, detailing the existing discrepancies, along with notes on the relevant surrounding historical context. In particular, the undervalued contribution of Gierlich to the history of neuroscience and to the phylogenetic approach to semeiotics is analyzed in more detail and acknowledged.

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How many Babinski's signs are there?

Abstract: In addition to the famous sign described by Joseph Babinski, which is also known as Babinski's reflex, there are references in the literature to various other signs described by this famous disciple of J-M Charcot. This article reviews all the neurological signs described by Babinski.

Cited by 11 publications

References 15 publications

First stages towards the establishment of Brazilian neurology faculties

First stages towards the establishment of Brazilian neurology faculties

Edward Flatau (1868–1932), Samual Goldflam (1852–1932) and Józef Babinski (1857–1932): Polish pioneers in neurology

The Hand Pronation Phenomenon: A Franco-German Tale

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