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The forgetting : Alzheimer's, portrait of an epidemic / David Shenk.

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The Forgetting : Alzheimer's: Portrait of an Epidemic

by Shenk, David

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Section	Section Description	Page Number
	Prologue	p. 1
Part I	Early Stage
1.	I Have Lost Myself	p. 11
2.	Bothered	p. 28
3.	The God Who Forgot and the Man Who Could Not	p. 44
4.	The Race	p. 62
5.	Irrespective of Age	p. 72
6.	A Most Loving Brother	p. 86
Part II	Middle Stage
7.	Fumbling for the Name of My Wife	p. 101
8.	Back to Birth	p. 112
9.	National Institute of Alzheimer's	p. 132
10.	Ten Thousand Feet, at Ten O'Clock at Night	p. 148
11.	A World of Struldbruggs	p. 162
12.	Humanize the Mouse	p. 178
13.	We Hope to Radio Back to Earth Images of Beauty Never Seen	p. 192
Part III	End Stage
14.	Breakthrough?	p. 209
15.	One Thousand Subtractions	p. 216
16.	Things to Avoid	p. 228
17.	The Mice Are Smarter	p. 242
	Epilogue	p. 253
	Acknowledgments	p. 257
	Resources for Patients and Families	p. 261
	Sources	p. 265
	Index	p. 281