History
Discovered by Greek Physician Hipprocrates

1906-1907 Dr. Alois Alzheimer fully described AD

Dr. Alzheimer examined a 55-year-old woman and recorded the change in her brain tissue

Emil Kraepelin was Alzheimer's lab partner and contributed equally as much as Alzheimer

In 1970, Robert Koester examined patients older than 65-years-old and began treating healthy patients and patients with senile dementia seperately
This is a picture of Dr. Alois Alzheimer. See picture 3 in the bibliography for the source of this image.
This is a picture of Emil Kraepelin. See picture 4 in the bibliography for the source of this image.
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