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14/06/1864 Psychiatrist Alois Alzheimer is born

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Alzheimer’s Is Not Normal Aging — And We Can Cure It | Samuel Cohen | TED Talks

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What is Alzheimer's disease? - Ivan Seah Yu Jun

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Understand Alzheimer's Disease in 3 Minutes

Alois Alzheimer was a German psychiatrist and neuropathologist known for the first description of what is today called Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer himself called the condition “presenile dementia.” Although the disease is a serious one, Dr. Alzheimer is the subject of many jokes. For example: "What's the name of that God-damn Swiss doctor who keeps hiding my glasses?"