History of Alzheimer's Disease

What is your name? Auguste.
Last name? Auguste.
What is your husband's name? Auguste, I think.

In 1906, Alois Alzheimer described a patient called Auguste D., a 51-year-old woman who had shown progressive cognitive impairment, focal symptoms, hallucinations, delusions, and psychosocial incompetence. This was the first description of a form of dementia that subsequently, became known as Alzheimer's disease.