Illustrated by two different cases the importance of the flexion reflex as a diagnostic tool is discussed. It is emphasised that the flexion reflex has more qualities than withdrawal in defence only. In the patient with a long-standing paraplegia a disturbance of the balance between flexion reflex and stretch reflex is of clinical importance.
The effects of total transverse lesion of the spinal cord in man
J. 71-99. COLLIER
1904
An investigation upon the plantar reflex, with reference to the signi ficance of its variations under pathological conditions, including an enquiry into the aetiology of acquired pes cavus