ASCOG Advocate: April 8, 2013

Auguste Deter (Aged 55)
May 16, 1850

On this date, in 1906, Auguste Deter died.  She was the first person diagnosed with this disease that is now the most costly disease in America. 

What is the name of the disease from which she died?

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