Alois Alzheimer
Appearance
Aloysius Alzheimer | |
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Dr. Alois Alzheimer | |
Born | 14 Juin 1864 Marktbreit, Bavarie |
Dee'd | 19 December 1915 Breslau, Prussia (nou Wrocław, Poland) | (aged 51)
Cause o daith | Heart failur |
Eddication | Varsity o Tübingen Varsity o Würzburg |
Kent for | First published case o "presenile dementia" (Alzheimer's disease) |
Medical career | |
Perfaision | Psychiatrist, Physeecian |
Institutions | Institute for the Insane an Epileptic ("Irrenschloss"), Frankfurt am Main |
Specialism | Neuropathology |
Signatur |
Aloysius "Alois" Alzheimer (German pronunciation: [ˈaːloˌis ˈalts.haɪmɐ]) (14 Juin 1864 – 19 December 1915) wis a German psychiatrist an neuropathologist an a colleague o Emil Kraepelin. Alzheimer is creditit wi identifyin the first published case o "presenile dementia", at Kraepelin would later identify as Alzheimer's disease.[1]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Berrios G E (1991) Alzheimer’s Disease: A Conceptual History. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 5: 355-365