Charles Gilbert Chaddock
Encyclopedia
Charles Gilbert Chaddock (1861 - 1936) was an American
neurologist
remembered for describing the Chaddock reflex
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. He qualified in medicine in 1885, and worked at the North Michigan Asylum in Traverse City. He spent a year studying in Europe
in 1888. He became Professor of neurology and psychiatry at the Marion-Sims College of St. Louis University. He returned to Europe in 1897, spending most of the time as assistant to Joseph Babinski
. On his return to the United States in 1899 he introduced American physicians to Babinski's sign, later publishing a translation of Babinski's work.
, in his translation of Richard von Krafft-Ebing's Psychopathia Sexualis in 1887.
United States
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neurologist
Neurologist
A neurologist is a physician who specializes in neurology, and is trained to investigate, or diagnose and treat neurological disorders.Neurology is the medical specialty related to the human nervous system. The nervous system encompasses the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves. A specialist...
remembered for describing the Chaddock reflex
Chaddock reflex
Chaddock reflex is a diagnostic reflex similar to the Babinski reflex. It is designed to identify lesions of the pyramidal tract, via stimulation of the skin over the lateral malleolus.It was identified by Charles Gilbert Chaddock in 1911....
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Biography
Charles Gilbert Chaddock was born in 1861 in Jonesville, MichiganJonesville, Michigan
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. He qualified in medicine in 1885, and worked at the North Michigan Asylum in Traverse City. He spent a year studying in Europe
Europe
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in 1888. He became Professor of neurology and psychiatry at the Marion-Sims College of St. Louis University. He returned to Europe in 1897, spending most of the time as assistant to Joseph Babinski
Joseph Babinski
Joseph Jules François Félix Babinski was a French neurologist of Polish descent. He is best known for his 1896 description of the Babinski sign, a pathological plantar reflex indicative of corticospinal tract damage....
. On his return to the United States in 1899 he introduced American physicians to Babinski's sign, later publishing a translation of Babinski's work.
Legacy
Chaddock introduced his eponymous reflex in 1911, calling it the External Malleolar sign. He also described an analogous sign in the upper limb. He is also credited with the first use of the word homosexual in the English languageEnglish language
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, in his translation of Richard von Krafft-Ebing's Psychopathia Sexualis in 1887.