[Meet the New Boss]

Alzheimer's May Not Actually Be a Brain Disease

Actually, it's true.

In Dr. Alzheimer's lecture on the new disease discovered by him, the word "kropf" was misheard by students and reporters as "kopf" and the disease was thought to relate to the head ever since.

The word "kropf" is the German word for goiter. Alzheimer's is actually a thyroid disease.

[Ann Archy]

WHAT?

[PGalt]

Interesting. Thanks