[Devil_Anse]

I don't recall that his illnesses, such as Addison's Disease, were public knowledge in 1961-63. Are you saying, OTOH, that he and his physician had announced to the world that he used cortisone (not saying that that is used for Addison's disease, presume it was used for injuries Kennedy'd had), back in the years he was president, or before? The drug my father mentioned I can't remember exactly; don't think it was cortisone. All I know is, my father was an expert on many drugs and illnesses and I trust his judgment.

[Pelham]

I had to take cortisone in those years for kidney disease, and I recall being aware that JFK had to use the same drug. I'm sure it's that coincidence which impressed such an obscure fact on my memory, although I don't remember where I heard it. I think he was said to be using it for a back injury he sustained in the PT109 incident.