The familiar term "Alzheimer's disease" was coined by Emil Kraepelin to honour his pupil, AloisAlzheimer. However, little is known about the life of the man after whom this important and wellknowndisease was termed. On the centennial of the discovery of Alzheimer's disease, it isappropriate to report some aspects of the life and scientific work of Alois Alzheimer. The authorscontacted all the libraries of the Universities where Alzheimer studied and/or worked to receive anyoriginal material regarding Alois Alzheimer. This review is based for a most part on an originalbiography written by Konrad and Urlike Maurer after the interviews to Alzheimer's nieces,Hildegard Koeppen, Ilse Lieblein, Bärbel Lippert, Karin Wei?, and his nephew, RupertFinsterwalder. The authors obtained this biography from the Central Library of Medicine in Koeln.

Alois Alzheimer: a hundred years after the discovery of the eponymous disorder

Antonio Tagarelli;Anna Piro;Giuseppe Tagarelli;Paolo Lagonia;Aldo Quattrone
2006

Abstract

The familiar term "Alzheimer's disease" was coined by Emil Kraepelin to honour his pupil, AloisAlzheimer. However, little is known about the life of the man after whom this important and wellknowndisease was termed. On the centennial of the discovery of Alzheimer's disease, it isappropriate to report some aspects of the life and scientific work of Alois Alzheimer. The authorscontacted all the libraries of the Universities where Alzheimer studied and/or worked to receive anyoriginal material regarding Alois Alzheimer. This review is based for a most part on an originalbiography written by Konrad and Urlike Maurer after the interviews to Alzheimer's nieces,Hildegard Koeppen, Ilse Lieblein, Bärbel Lippert, Karin Wei?, and his nephew, RupertFinsterwalder. The authors obtained this biography from the Central Library of Medicine in Koeln.
2006
Istituto di Scienze Neurologiche - ISN - Sede Mangone
Alzheimer's disease; Neurology; centennial; senile dementia; biography
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