Alzheimer Disease

Historical specimens at Carl Zeiss online

Published in Telemedicine Business Week, June 13th, 2007

Alois Alzheimer's most well-known contribution to the history of medicine is the histological description of the disease named after him.

2007 marks the 100th anniversary of the pioneering neuropathological observations he made using a "Bierseidelstativ" microscope from Carl Zeiss. To celebrate this occasion, Carl Zeiss is providing access to Alzheimer's original specimens as virtual objects on the Internet at www.zeiss.dealzheimer.

Pathologists from around the world now have the opportunity to view in microscopic detail the original research material upon which the discovery of Alzheimer's disease was based. Selected specimens of two of Alzheimer's...

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Source: Telemedicine Business Week (2007-06-13)

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