110 years after Auguste Deter
Vollmar, H.C.; Thyrian, R. · Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2017 · Heft 4 · S. 29 bis 31
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Zusammenfassung
In November 1906, Alois Alzheimer presented a lecture “Über eine eigenartige Erkrankung der Hirnrinde” [About a peculiar disease of the cerebral cortex] at the “37th Meeting of Southwest German Psychiatrists” in Tübingen. For the first time, he described the brain pathology of the patient Auguste D., who from then on was considered the first patient with this special form of dementia. Later on, Emil Kraepelin suggested naming this form of dementia “senile dementia of the Alzheimer type (SDAT)”. Today, “Alzheimer” and “Dementia” are often used as synonyms by the lay public, highlighting the importance of the find…