The familiar term “Alzheimer’s disease” was coined by Emil Kraepelin to honor Alois Alzheimer. However, very little is known about the life of the man after whom this well-known disease was termed. This article takes you through a historical journey of life and scientific work of Alois Alzheimer. Alois Alzheimer was a German psychiatrist who discovered the pathological condition of dementia and diagnosed the disease that bears his name.
Alois Alzheimer was born in Marktbreit, Germany, in 1864 who had an early aptitude for science. After obtaining his medical degree, he worked in hospitals in Frankfurt, where he met Auguste Deter, a 51-year-old woman suffering from progressive short-term memory loss. He was eventually able to isolate the pathological causes of severe dementia, work so extensive that the condition became known as Alzheimer's disease. Early life Alois Alzheimer was born…
