Alzheimer - The Life of a Physician and the Career of a Disease

Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-231-11896-5
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 531 g

The very name Alzheimer is sure to bring a shudder. Thirty to forty million people are now afflicted with Alzheimer's disease, a degenerative brain disorder that strips its victims of their identity and leaves families bereft and social services strained. Despite considerable research, the underlying causes of Alzheimer's disease remain shrouded in mystery. So, too, does the man after whom it was named. Alois Alzheimer (1864;1915) was practicing medicine at the Frankfurt Asylum in 1901 when he met a patient, who would become known as "Auguste D.," whose condition perplexed and intrigued him. Alzheimer is more than a biography; it is a story of scientific discovery at a crucial stage in the history of medical psychiatry.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Maurer, Konrad

Maurer, Ulrike

Weitere Mitwirkende

Levi, Neil

Burns, Alastair

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Auguste D. File2. Alois Alzheimer's Ancestors, Childhood and Youth3. Student of MedicineBerlin - In the "Mecca of Medicine"Corps Student in WürzburgA Semester in TübingenIn Würzburg Again - The Doctoral Thesis4. From Würzburg to FrankfurtThe Young PsychiatristRecognition in the Scientific WorldFirst PublicationsYears of Happiness1901: A Fateful Year5. To Munich via HeidelbergNew TasksVenia legendiFamily LifeIn the Anatomy LaboratoryResponsibility as Chief PhysicianThe Fruits of LaborAuguste D.'s deathDisappointment in TübingenOn the Tracks of the Mysterious IllnessFarewell to Munich6. BreslauPsychiatry in a Time of WarAlzheimer's death7. Alzheimer's - The Career of a Disease

Über Autor(innen)

Konrad Maurer is a neurologist, psychiatrist, and psychotherapist, and director of the Psychiatric University Clinic in Frankfurt. His wife and coauthor, Ulrike Maurer, has converted the house owned by E. Lilly where Alzheimer was born into a museum and conference center. They live in Frankfurt, Germany.