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This is an image of the title page for, A Hammer of Witches, a novel written in the 1600's describing what punishments should be given to individuals that were deemed as less than. This is an important historical source because of the effect it had…

School Sisters of the Notre Dame convent in the U.S. participated in Dr. Snowdon's landmark Alzheimer Disease study. The Elm Grove convent was one of the major convents that worked within this study.

This was the official portrait of Richard Nixon for his American presidency.

This is an ariel image of a modern day NIH research center. The National Institute on Aging is a subdivision of the National Institute of Health. Typically, in NIH buildings there are also divisions of NIA work within the main buildings. However,…

The electron microscope is one of the largest research innovations within the past century. This is one of the earlier models of an EM; today the invention works in the same way but is a fraction of the size.

This photograph is of a handwriting exercise Auguste D.'s doctors had her complete. Mrs. Deter was unable to remember her name properly at the time of this exercise, and tried to do so multiple times. During this exam and similar ones, she explains,…

This image depicts a tissue-stained sample containing what would later be termed b-amyloid plaques. This was one of the first physical depictions of Alzheimer Disease pathology.

This photographic portrait was taken of Dr. Alois Alzheimer, and is a retouched version of the original.

This photograph depicts Alois Alzheimer's medical team. This was the team who worked with Auguste Deter, the first recorded individual with Alzheimer's Disease.

This photograph was taken at Camp Travis', a basecamp in Texas, psychiatric ward during World War one.