What is "babinski"

Usage examples of "babinski".

He noted her Babinski reflex, an extension of the big toe that signifies damage to the central nervous system.

This is the Babinski reflex, named for a French neurologist, Joseph F.

When I was called to Edward Palinode he was already unconscious, but I applied the Babinski test, which, as you know or ought to, is the one infallible guide.

The Babinski reflex - the great toe pulling up instead of curling down - was a grave, grave sign that her cerebral cortex, the thinking part of her brain, was no longer influencing the movements of her body.

Pierre Marie, then Joseph Babinski and Georges Gilles de la Tourette, walked silently onto the stage in their long white aprons.

An old woman, trembling in her rags and shawls, was brought on, held at the elbow by Babinski and an elderly nurse, Mademoiselle Cottard.

The applause of the examiners, the patronage of Babinski, the encouragement of Janet .

My depiction of the Salpetriere at that time is as close to the reality as I can make it, and the various disciples of Charcot, including Georges Gilles de la Tourette, Pierre Marie and Joseph Babinski, existed as described, as did Mile Cottard and Blanche Wittmann.

Mel Pierce, the reining neurology guru on staff discovered that Drew had developed a bilateral Babinski sign, a splaying and elevation of the toes when the sole of the foot is stroked.