Joseph Babinski's contributions to French medicine have been well-documented, but there has yet to be a significant and an authoritative biography of him--until now. Two French physicians, Jaques Philippon and Jacques Poirier, analyze Babinski's great scientific achievements, explore his unique family history, and publish, for the first time, a complete bibliography of his publications. The "Babinski sign," considered as his greatest diagnostic achievement, is typically one of the first neurological tests performed by a specialist or primary care physician to determine the existence of an...

The papers presented in this supplement volume of "Acta " "Neurochirugica" cover a broad spectrum from basic data on the pathophysiology of Subarachnoid Haemorrhage (SAH) and delayed ischaemic dysfunction to the clinical use of Nimodipine which has been largely documented among calcium inhibitors for its cerebro-vascular properties. The first two presentations deal with the pathophysiological events following SAH and discuss a variety of mechanisms which may be responsible for the neurological dysfunction. The second part discusses the cerebro-vascular and direct cerebral effects of...