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And the first case, actually, was auguste deter. she was 51. she was a normal housewife. suddenly, out of the sky, in 1901, she gotjealous and then, she got forgetful, and was also very loud, and cried. alois alzheimer said, "that is my case". he wrote a very detailed case history, how he saw auguste deter for the first time, but this case file had been lost and nobody knew exactly where it could be. we went into the archive and suddenly, we found this file laying somewhere, and that was the fil...

Augusta for the first time, but this case i was lost and nobody knew where it could be. we went into the archive and suddenly we found this file laying somewhere, and that was the file of augusta dieter. the file of augusta dieter. the file must have led therefore 70 years or more and nobody detected it. and it was a wonderfulfeeling detected it. and it was a wonderful feeling to have this file in our hands. all his questions are documented by himself within this file, with his handwriting. "she...

Didnt understand the question. i show her a pencil, a didnt understand the question. ishow her a pencil, a pen, a purse, key, diary and cigar are identified correctly. when she has to write mrs auguste deter, she writes misses, and we must repeat the other words because she forgets them. the patient is not able to progress in writing, and repeats, "i have lost myself". she lived very, very long, about five years, or even more, was kept very long in the hospital, and when she died, the brain had ...

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