In 1906 a German doctor first presented his findings about this memory-loss disease that's now named for him
[DOC] [TLE] Alzheimers disease facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] Alzheimer's disease was first identified in 1906 by a German psychiatrist and ... 
was the first to describe the plaques and neurofibrillary tangles that are now used 
to .... loss of short-term memory also means that the patient loses his or her sense 
of .... Scans can show doctors that certain areas of the brain have lost tissue (as... [DOC] [TLE] Alzheimer's Disease - A Brief History and Description [PAR] Aug 8, 2008 ... Auguste Deter had problems with memory and with reading and writing, ... doctor 
today who was screening for the disease that was named for him.