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chewing meat and asked what she was doing, she answered
potatoes and then horseradish. When objects are shown to her, she
does not remember after a short time which objects have been
shown. In between she always speaks about twins. When she is
asked to write, she holds the book in such a way that one has the
impression that she has a loss in the right visual field. Asked to
write Auguste D, she tries to write Mrs and forgets the rest. It is
necessary to repeat every word. Amnestic writing disorder. In the
evening her spontaneous speech is full of paraphrasic
derailments and perseverations.
. . .What year is it? Eighteen hundred. Are you ill? Second month.
What are the names of the patients? She answers quickly and
correctly. What month is it now? The 11th. What is the name of
the 11th month? The last one, if not the last one. Which one? I
dont know. What colour is snow? White. Soot? Black. The sky?
Blue. Meadows? Green. How many fingers do you have? 5. Eyes?
2. Legs? 2.
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Auguste Ds dementia
There are doubts about the diagnosis of Auguste Ds
illness, and other diagnoses have been put forward,
especially arteriosclerosis of the brain.
Both descriptions of Auguste Ds dementia by
Alzheimer and Perusini confirm that Auguste D had a
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