Alois Alzheimer
German psychiatrist and neuropathologist (1864–1915)
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Date of birth | 14 June 1864 Marktbreit (Kingdom of Bavaria) | ||||
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Date of death | 19 December 1915 Wrocław (Kingdom of Prussia, Breslau) | ||||
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English: Aloysius "Alois" Alzheimer (born 14 June 1864, Marktbreit, Bavaria; died 19 December 1915, Breslau (Wroclaw), Silesia) was a German psychiatrist and neuropathologist and a colleague of Emil Kraepelin. Alzheimer is credited with the first published case of "presenile dementia", which Kraepelin would later identify as Alzheimer's disease
Italiano: Alois Alzheimer, neurologo tedesco.
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Memorial plaque in Wrocław, ul. Bujwida 42
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Grave of Alois Alzheimer, Hauptfriedhof (central cemetery) Frankfurt am Main
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In 1901, Alzheimer observed a patient at the Frankfurt Asylum named Mrs. Auguste Deter