The more technical linguistic sense of the term \\\"yoga,” describing a system of meditation or contemplation with the aim of the cessation of mental activity and the attaining of a \\\"supreme state\\\" arises with early Buddhism. In Hindu scripture, this sense of the term \\\"yoga\\\" first appears in the middle Upanishads, such as the Katha Upanishad....

It was first described by Alois Alzheimer in 1906. At a scientific meeting in November 1906, German physician Alois Alzheimer presented the case of “Frau Auguste D.,” a 51-year-old woman brought to see him in 1901 by her family....