| Babinski obtained his doctorate with a meticulous thesis on the topography of lesions and their correlation with symptomatology in multiple sclerosis. |
| A brother, Frederick Pilat, two sisters Helen and Wanda Pilat, as well as two older step siblings Emil Smith, and Olga Babinski all pre deceased her. |
| He realized since 1896 that the Babinski reflex was part of the flexor reflex synergy. |
| But the two are not entirely the same as the Babinski reflex evaluates the fanning of the large toe and animals do not have this. |
| Physical examination revealed a febrile, obtunded female, arousable to painful stimuli with no Babinski or Hoffmann signs. |
| There was a positive Babinski sign on the right foot and an indifferent Babinski sign on the left. |
