Alois Alzheimer

Alzheimer's disease was named after Dr. Alois Alzheimer; however, Dr. Alois Alzheimer was not the only person to contribute to the discovery of the neurological disease, Alzheimer's. According to Dennis J. Selkoe in "Amyloid Protein and Alzheimer's Disease," he states, "Even before the time of Alzheimer, pathologists knew that the human cerebral cortex sometimes contained variable numbers of spherical plaques" (252-253). So, the question is, what did Dr. Alois Alzheimer contribute to the discovery of Alzheimer's? According to The Gale Encyclopedia of Science, 2014: "In 1906, Alzheimer noticed changes over time in samples of brain tissue of a woman who died of mental illness. Specifically, Alzheimer noticed the development of clumps and tangled…

Although the exact time that amnesia was discovered is unknown, Theodule-Armand Ribot, who was a French psychologist discovered it. He lived from 1839 to 1916, therefore it was around then when this disease was discovered. Ribot noticed that patients tend to lose recent memories because of retrograde amnesia. Then, medical experts started calling the gradients of memory loss Ribot’s gradients. Furthermore, Ribot is recognized for understanding and discovering Ribot’s law. What is Ribot’s law?…

Nelson Mandela once said, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” However, in Woody Allen’s, “The Rejection,” the writer satirizes the ideals of the education system that acknowledges only the intelligent students. This is seen in the character of Boris through his exaggerated reaction towards the failure of his son. During the time of Woody Allen, he believed that education was only for the smart and intelligent people. Woody Allen satirizes the education…

Did you know Adolf Hitler’s parents were cousins. He was a genius and creative when he was dictator of Germany. Without him WWII would have never happened and history would be changed. The life of a young kid that wanted to be an artist, that turned into a German leader; his name is Adolf Hitler. Adolf Hitler was born April 20,1889 in Braunau, Austria (Hitler 1). He was his mother's’ fourth child (Altman 11). “ In 1896, When Adolf Hitler was only seven years old, his forteen-year-old…

Gehring 1 Gunnar Gehring Ms. Jeanne Bitz Language Arts March 27, 2017 Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler was a really bad man during the Holocaust and World War II. He killed so many innocent people that didn’t deserve to die. But Adolf had a lot of disappointments in his childhood that made him who he was during World War II and the Holocaust. Adolf’s childhood, why he joined the army and what he did in the army, and his death and how he died gives us an understanding of who he really was. Adolf…

Hitler's Childhood and Earlier Years Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889, in the Upper Austrian border town Braunau in a small town. His father Alois Hitler was born out of wedlock to Maria Anna Schickelgru in 1837, Alois Schickelgruber changed his name to Hitler in 1876. The Hitler's as a family moved many times throughout Adolf's childhood. In 1898, they moved to Linz, the capital of Upper Austria. Alois was an overbearing, domineering husband and a stern, distant, aggressive and violent…

Adolfus (Adolf) Hitler was born on the evening of 20 April 1889, in the Gasthof zum Pommer, in the small town of Braunnau on the River Inn which forms the frontier between Austria and Bavaria. Adolf was the third child of his father, Alois Hitler’s third marriage. His other siblings, Gustav, Ida, both died during infancy; his younger brother, Edward, died at age six. His only younger sister, Paula, born in 1896, lived to grow up. His half-brother Alois, and half-sister Angela (only one of his…

Hitler was born on April 20, 1889, in a small village named Braunau Am Inn. He’s known for starting World War ll, being the dictator of Germany, and most of all being the leader of the Nazi party and the holocaust. His father, Alois, was born in 1837. He was the illegitimate son of Maria Anna Schicklgruber and her unknown mate, which may have been someone from the neighborhood named Johann Georg Hiedler. It is also remotely possible Adolf Hitler's grandfather was Jewish. Maria Schicklgruber was…

Alzheimer 's disease is the most common, incurable disease that effects thousands of elderly people. It is also one form of Dementia and effects the brain in various different ways. Alzheimer 's disease makes it difficult for an individual to remember certain task, words, or phrases. Doctors have tried for years to find a cure but have not came up with one yet. The seven stages of Alzheimer 's that people go through can be drastic and overwhelming. In the early 1900 's a man by the name of…

Alzheimer “Alzheimer 's disease is a progressive, degenerative disorder that attacks the brain 's nerve cells, or neurons, resulting in loss of memory, thinking and language skills, and behavioral changes” (AFA2016). In 2015, the Alzheimer Association estimated over 5 million people living in the United States has Alzheimer. 1 in 9 people 65 years and older has Alzheimer’s disease. Many people, myself-included, do not know that Alzheimer’s can affect you at any age. I choose this topic because…