Joseph Babinski : a biography /
Jacques Philippon, Jacques Poirier.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
- xiii, 453 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-428) and index.
Babinski's life and times -- A complex and captivating personality -- The Babinski and their Polish roots -- The Babinski circle -- The competitive examinations -- His revered teachers -- Babinski and the Anatomical Society -- Babinski, head of a department at La Pitié -- The affectionate admiration of his students -- The Babinski papers -- The reflexes and the sign / written in collaboration with Phillipe Ricou -- Cerebellar and vestibular symptomatology / written in collaboration with Philippe Ricou -- Babinski and the birth of French neurosurgery -- Babinski as therapist -- Pithiatism versus hysteria / by Christian Derouesné -- Neurology in the time of Babinski -- Babinski's public image.