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doc • Spring 2015
Kentucky
Making History
Alois
Alzheimer:
The man who named a
dread disease
By Frank
Kourt,
Staff Writer
The very
mention of
“Alzheimer’s
disease,” can evoke a number
of emotions, including terror,
since it is a debilitating disease that robs victims of their
memories and other cognitive
functions.
It has long been recognized that
with age often comes dementia, but what about when such
conditions present themselves
at a younger age? It wasn’t until
the early twentieth century that
doctors identifi YH