Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for March 26, 1987
March 25, 1987
March 27, 1987
Transcript:
Roland: Live synapse! Man: Poor devil... Roland: He knew the risks. Push on, lads! March 26 - today we make our final assault on the fornix, Reagan's memory vault. The approach is arduous. Neural passages are shrunken and calcified from chronic disuse. Suddenly...we lose a porter.
GT has indicated he regrets these strips. While Alzheimer’s was a known disease at this time, it was still mostly considered to be the cause of dementia in middle age adults (45-65), while those showing symptoms who were older were thought to simply be suffering it as a result of old age. Gary said that if he had the understanding of the disease then that he had now, he never would have done them.