Reflex found in normal infants consisting of dorsiflexion of the hallux and abduction of the other toes in response to cutaneous stimulation of the plantar surface of the foot

Babinski's sign in diphtheria / by J.D. Rolleston.

Botticelli demonstrates the Babinski reflex more than 400 years before Babinski / Thomas E. Cone, Shahram Khoshbin.

The Babinski sign : a centenary / J. van Gijn.

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Reflex, Babinski

Works from the collections

Babinski's sign in diphtheria / by J.D. Rolleston.

Botticelli demonstrates the Babinski reflex more than 400 years before Babinski / Thomas E. Cone, Shahram Khoshbin.

The Babinski sign : a centenary / J. van Gijn.