Dr. Peters. And Dr. Jenkins was present.
Mr. Specter. Have you now covered all of those who were present at that time?
Dr. Peters. And Dr. Shaw walked into the room and left—for a moment—but he didn't stay. He just sort of glanced at the President and went across the hall. Mrs. Kennedy was in the corner with someone who identified himself as the personal physician of the President—I don't remember his name.
Mr. Specter. Dr. Burkley?
Dr. Peters. I don't know his name. That's just who he said he was, because he was asking that the President be given some steroids, which was done.
Mr. Specter. He requested that.
Dr. Peters. That's right, he said he should have some steroids because he was an Addisonian.
Mr. Specter. What do you mean by that in lay language?
Dr. Peters. Well, Addison's disease is a disease of the adrenal cortex which is characterized by a deficiency in the elaboration of certain hormones that allow an individual to respond to stress and these hormones are necessary for life, and if they cannot be replaced, the individual may succumb.
Mr. Specter. And Dr. Burkley, or whoever was the President's personal physician, made a request that you treat him as an Addisonian?