Auguste Deter

Auguste Deter (; 16 May 1849 – 8 June 1906) was a German woman. 

She is the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Auguste had a normal life. However, during the late 1890s, she started showing symptoms of dementia, such as: loss of memory, delusions, and even temporary vegetative states. She would have trouble sleeping, would drag sheets across the house, and even scream for hours in the middle of the night.

She died on 8 June 1906 from Alzheimer's in Frankfurt, aged 57.

References

Other websites

 Who Named It? - Alois Alzheimer 
 Alzheimer's: 100 years on 
 Alois Alzheimer's Biography, International Brain Research Organization 
 Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Laboratory for Neurodegenerative Disease Research - Prof. Dr. Christian Haass 
 Bibliography of secondary sources on Alois Alzheimer and Alzheimer's disease, selected from peer-reviewed journals.
 Graeber Manuel B. "Alois Alzheimer (1864-1915)"  International Brain Research Organization

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