Joseph Babinski (1857-1932), a French neurologist of Polish origin, médecin des hôpitaux de Paris, is well known for the discovery of the Sign (the toes phenomenon) which bears his name. Beyond the Sign, his semiological work in the field of neurology is also important (particularly cutaneous and osteo-tendinous reflexes, cerebellar and vestibular semiology, hysteria and pithiatism) as well as ...

Convex pes valgus (vertical talus) is a rare form of congenital foot deformity, the etiology of which remains unexplained. The 10 per cent incidence in a large series of patients with foot deformities in myelomeningocele (Sharrard and Grosfield 1968) suggests that a specific neuromuscular imbalance may be responsible, at least in myelodysplastic patients, for the development of the “Persian sli...

In a recent article in the Journal of Biological Chemistry 2 is reported a study of the influence of hydrazine upon the intermediary metabolism in the dog, by Professor F. P. Underhill and I. S. Kleiner, in which it is shown that although this poison produces extensive anatomical alterations in the liver of dogs, yet it causes little change in the partition of urinary nitrogen and sulphur, beyo...