Joseph Babinski : a biography / Jacques Philippon, Jacques Poirier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Philippon, Jacques, author.

Poirier, Jacques, 1937- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Babinski, J. (Joseph), 1857-1932.

Babinski, J.

Neurologists--France--Biography.

Neurologists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (470 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The life and work of Joseph Babinski (1857-1932) has been revisited by two French physicians whose enthusiasm for the subject is reflected in the depth and breadth of documentary sources.

Contents:

Contents; 1 Babinski's Life and Times; 2 A Complex and Captivating Personality; 3 The Babinskis and Their Polish Roots; 4 The Babinski Circle; 5 The Competitive Examinations; 6 His Revered Teachers; 7 Babinski and the Anatomical Society; 8 Babinski, Head of a Department at La Pitié; 9 The Affectionate Admiration of His Students; 10 The Babinski Papers; 11 The Reflexes and the Sign; 12 Cerebellar and Vestibular Symptomatology; 13 Babinski and the Birth of French Neurosurgery; 14 Babinski as Therapist; 15 Pithiatism Versus Hysteria; 16 Neurology in the Time of Babinski

17 Babinski's Public ImageBibliography; Index

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2008.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [365]-428) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-045150-5

0-19-770741-6

1-281-92561-6

9786611925611

0-19-970871-1

OCLC:

437093741