Doctor Jacobson and Addison's Disease

Doctor Jacobson meets JFK through an existing patient in September 1960 while Kennedy is still a senator and at a critical time in his campaign for the presidency. He also had chronic Addison's disease which affects the endocrine system and reduces the body's ability to react to infections so he can get sick really easily. Two of Doctor Jacobson's most high profile patients are President John F. Kennedy and his wife, Jackie Oh,. Jackie Oh, Jackie Oh, Jacqueline O'Neill.