Alois ALZHEIMER 1864 – 1915

He was a German neurologist and neuropathologist. He described the textural lesions of pre-senile dementia for the first time and therefore the illness bears his name. He was born in 1864 in Bavaria. In 1887, he graduated from Würzburg University Faculty of Medicine and entered the field of medicine. He worked as a psychiatrist and neuropathologist after working in a nursing home for a short time. He founded Munich School of Neurological Diseases. He made important studies on the pathological anatomy of mental disorders related to general paralysis, arteriosclerosis and disability. This patient developed paranoia especially that he was cheating on her. Alzheimer's continued to receive regular information about the patient. The patient died in 1906 and the brain was sent to Alzheimer. In the brain, which he examined under a microscope, he encountered pathological findings as well as significant shrinkage. Alzheimer's statement was received with interest since it was believed that until then similar findings were seen in older people and this new information was not reported. Since then, it was believed that similar findings were seen in older people and this new information was not reported, and Alzheimer's statement was met with interest. His teacher Dr. Emil Kraepelin called the disease “Alzheimer's Disease”.