"First described by Jósef Brudziñski (1874-1917), paediatrician from Warsaw, Poland 2."
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"Historical context"
"Brudzinski sign occurs in meningitis (of any aetiology) or meningism where passive flexion of a patient's neck elicits reflexive bilateral knee and hip flexion; it was originally known as the "nape of the neck sign" and was one of several physical exam manoeuvres concurrently described to be characteristic of meningitis."