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Alzheimer’s and Atherosclerosis of the Brain

  Alzheimer’s and Atherosclerosis of the Brain In 1901, Auguste was taken to an insane asylum in Frankfurt, Germany by her husband. She was described as a delusional forgetful, disoriented woman who could not carry out her homemaking duties.   She was seen by a Dr. Alzheimer and was to become the case that made him a household name On autopsy.   He described the plaques and tangles in her brain that would go on to characterize the disease But lost in the excitement of discovering a […]

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