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| Dr. Alois Alzheimer 1864 - 1915 Memorial and meeting venue in Marktbreit near Würzburg, Ochsenfurter Straße 15a Early in the morning of June 14, 1864, little Aloysius was born to the notary Eduard Alzheimer and his second wife Theresia in Marktbreit at a site now called Ochsenfurter Straße 15a, the same place where the christening celebration was held. Ignaz Ruland, canon of Würzburg, baptized the child and Alois Alzheimer, curate at Sulzfeld, acted as godfather. |
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Significant events in his life were his highschool
examination in 1883 in Aschaffenburg, studies in Berlin, Tübingen and Würzburg, where he
wrote his doctoral thesis "Über die Ohrenschmalzdrüsen" (on ceruminal glands)
in 1887, providing his first histologic plates. In December 1888 Alois Alzheimer began his medical career as assistant physician at the Municipal Hospital for Lunatics and Epileptics in Frankfurt am Main and later was promoted 2nd physician (senior physician). |
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| In April 1894, Alois Alzheimer married the widow Nathalie Geisenheimer, née Wallerstein (1860-1901). Three children came from the marriage. |
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The term "Alzheimer's disease" dates back to the case record of a 51-year old female patient (Mrs. Auguste D.) who had been admitted to the Frankfurt hospital in November 1901 with signs of dementia. On the occasion of the 37th Meeting of Southwest German Psychiatrists held in Tübingen in November 1906 Alois Alzheimer reported on this patient. The title of his lecture was "Über eiene eigenartige Erkrankung der Hirnrinde" (on peculiar disorder of the cerebral cortex). Later on, at the suggestion of Emil Kraepelin, presenile dementia was designated "Alzheimer's disease". | |||
| In 1903, Alois Alzheimer left Frankfurt and, following a short-term stay in Heidelberg, moved to Munich to continue his scientific and medical activities at the Royal Psychiatric Clinic (Director: Emil Kraepelin). Under his auspices the laboratory at the Munich clinic developed into the center of histopathologic research. |
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On July 16, 1912, Alois Alzheimer was appointed director of the Clinic of Psychiatry and Neurology at the Silesian Friedrich-Wilhelm-University in Breslau. Emperor Wilhelm II signed his license. | |||
| From October 1915 onward, Alois Alzheimer became increasingly bedridden and finally succumbed to renal failure on December 19, 1915, in Breslau. He was laid to rest at the principal cemetery in Frankfurt am Main at the side of his wife who had already been buried there on February 28, 1901. |
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Until 1989, the birthplace of Alois Alzheimer had hardly been
known. In 1989, on the occasion of a symposium to celebrate his 125th birthday, the house
was eventually identified and fitted with a memorial plaque on Thursday, June 22, 1989. In 1995, Eli Lilly and Company purchased the house. From now on it is used as a memorial and meeting venue. |
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| Source: Official prospect of
Alzheimer´s-Birthplace, © 1998 Eli Lilly and Company, Saalburgstraße 153, 61350 Bad Homburg |
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