Alois Alzheimer
publication date: Saturday, July 27, 2024 (part of August 2024)
category: 
Health
clue: This German scholar of brain disease never wrote his own book and couldn't get an audience to engage in his work, but he discovered and inspired the name of one of the modern world's most feared mental disorders among an aging population.
explanation: In 1906, when Alzheimer presented his groundbreaking research into the causes of dementia and first provided the world with an explanation for what came to be called Alzheimer's disease, not a single attendee asked him a follow-up question because they were so eager to hear the speaker after him, who was presenting on the subject of compulsive masturbation. more…
intended difficulty: easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, and Richard Slominsky
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