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Long before Babinski "discovered" the sign, Renaissance masters like Botticelli and Leonardo da Vinci accurately depicted the upgoing toe in their paintings of infants.

He originally championed the test to distinguish between "organic" paralysis (actual nerve damage) and what was then called "hysteria". 🔍 Reliability and Variation Babinski Reflex - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf babinski sign

Babinski’s first description of this world-famous medical sign was only 28 lines long . Long before Babinski "discovered" the sign

In adults, the big toe normally curls downward when the foot is stroked. A positive Babinski sign (the big toe moving up) is actually a primitive "defense reflex" meant to shorten the limb and pull it away from danger. babinski sign