Max Jacobson

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Max Jacobson (born July 3, 1900 in Fordon ; died December 1, 1979 in New York City ) was a German - American doctor.

Max Jacobson was born in Fordon on what was then the Polish-Prussian border. His father was a kosher butcher and moved the family to Berlin when Max Jacobson was one year old. Because of the persecution by the National Socialists, the Jewish doctor fled from the National Socialists to New York City in 1936. He ran a practice there on the Upper East Side .

The doctor nicknamed "Miracle Max" and "Dr. Feelgood ", administered numerous celebrity clients, including President John F. Kennedy , amphetamines and other drugs. Since the 1960 presidential campaign, John F. Kennedy relied on the effects of Jacobson's injections. Jacobson experimented with injection cures, mixed vitamins , hormones , placenta , bone marrow and animal cells and treated them with steroids and stimulants . He did not tell the patient the exact mixture.

In the late 1960s, research by the New York Times hit Jacobson's headlines when it uncovered Miracle Max's connection with Kennedy and many other celebrities. Jacobson also covered writers Truman Capote , Tennessee Williams and Henry Miller , director Billy Wilder , politician Nelson Rockefeller , singer Maria Callas, and actresses Marilyn Monroe , Elizabeth Taylor , Hedy Lamarr and Judy Garland . The agent injected into the veins made people euphoric and highly productive, but in many cases also addictive. The reporters found that Jacobson ordered 80 grams of amphetamines per month for his practice - enough for 100 powerful injections of 25 milligrams per day.

In 1967 the young Aretha Franklin Jacobson sang the legendary “Dr. Feelgood ”in their song.

In 1975 Jacobson lost his license. He died four years later.

literature

  • James N. Giglio: Kenndy's White House Physicians and Medical Treatment . In: Anthony J. Eksterowicz, Glenn P. Hastedt (Eds.): White House Studies Compendium . tape 6 . Nova Science Publishers, New York City 2008, ISBN 978-1-60021-680-0 , pp. 289-300 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Richard A. Lertzman, William J. Birnes: Dr. Feelgood: The Shocking Story of the Doctor Who May Have Changed History by Treating and Drugging JFK, Marilyn, Elvis, and Other Prominent Figures . Simon and Schuster, 2013, ISBN 978-1-62636-335-9 ( google.de [accessed June 23, 2020]).
  2. ↑ Jasmin Lörchner: Kennedy and the mysterious Dr. Feel good. In: Der Spiegel . April 16, 2018, accessed January 14, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Boyce Rensberger: Amphetamines Used by a Physician To Lift Moods of Famous Patients . In: The New York Times . December 4, 1972, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed May 12, 2020]).
  4. ^ Karl Gaulhofer: So sick were the mighty of the 20th century. In: The press . February 19, 2019, accessed January 14, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Jacobson, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-American doctor
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd July 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Fordon
DATE OF DEATH 1st December 1979
Place of death New York City