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Joseph Babinski
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French neurologist (1857-1932)
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- Great Names in Neurology
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Key facts
- Born
- Joseph Jules François Félix Babinski (Józef Julian Franciszek Feliks Babiński) , ( 1857-11-17 ) 17 November 1857, Paris, France
- Died
- 29 October 1932 (1932-10-29) (aged 74), Paris, France
- Alma mater
- University of Paris
- Occupation
- Neurology
- Known for
- Babinski sign
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Joseph
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Poland
- Place of death
- Paris
- Sibling
- Henri Babinski
- Occupation
- physician
- Educated at
- University of Paris
- Employer
- University of Paris
- Languages spoken
- French
- Student of
- Jean-Martin Charcot
- Doctoral student
- Thierry de Martel
- Field of work
- neurology
- Image
- Jozef Babinski.jpg
- Residence
- Paris
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- place of burial
- Champeaux cemetery of Montmorency
- Commons category
- Joseph Babinski
- date of birth
- 1857-00-00
- date of death
- 1932-10-29
- medical condition
- Parkinson's disease
- described by source
- Polish Biographical Dictionary
- member of
- Académie Nationale de Médecine
- manner of death
- natural causes
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- name in native language
- Joseph Babinski
- cause of death
- Parkinson's disease
- ethnic group
- Poles
- birth name
- Józef Julian Franciszek Feliks Babiński
- discoverer or inventor
- Babinski–Nageotte syndrome
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Encyclopedic overview
Joseph Jules François Félix Babinski (Polish: Józef Julian Franciszek Feliks Babiński; 17 November 1857 – 29 October 1932) was a French-Polish professor of neurology. He is best known for his 1896 description of the Babinski sign, a pathological plantar reflex indicative of corticospinal tract damage.
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