Medical Mysteries

Alzheimer's Disease Pt. 1

08.25.2020 - By Spotify StudiosPlay

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In 1901, a 51-year-old woman named Auguste Deter shuffled into a German asylum. She had forgotten nearly everything about her life: where she lived, her husband's name, and how old she was. She was put into the care of revolutionary psychiatrist Alois Alzheimer.

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