July 15th

On this day - July 15th 1910- The disease Alzheimer was given its name 

Alzheimer, a version of dementia was first discovered and described by Alois Alzheimer and Emil Kraepelin. Alois Alzheimer followed the first identified case of Alzheimer, Auguste Deter, until her death in 1906. He reported on his findings after her death, and 11 similar cases were described in the medical literature over the next few years. Emil Kraepelin was the first to describe the disease as  a distinctive disease and he was the one to officially name it Alzheimer disease. Kraepelins finding and descriptions were published in the book "Textbook of Psychiatry" on July 15th 1910.

Deter, the first described Alzheimer case.