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Alois Alzheimer
1915 Dec, 19

Alois Alzheimer

Alois Alzheimer, German psychiatrist and neuropathologist (b. 1864)
Alois Alzheimer (; German: [ˈaːlɔɪs ˈaltshaɪmɐ]; 14 June 1864 – 19 December 1915) was a German psychiatrist and neuropathologist and a colleague of Emil Kraepelin. Alzheimer is credited with identifying the first published case of "presenile dementia", which Kraepelin would later identify as Alzheimer's disease.

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  • 28 Jan

    United States Coast Guard

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    General relativity

    Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
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    Herbert Henry Asquith

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