This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 115 West 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va., this 20th day of September, 1927, in accordance with request made by her son, [...].

Present: Edgar Cayce; Mrs. Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno.

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1. GC: You will give the physical condition of this body at the present time, with suggestions for the improvement and relief of same, and you will answer the questions regarding this body that I will ask you.
2. EC: Yes, we have the body here - we have had this before, you see.
3. Now we find there are some changes in the physical forces of the body since last we had same here. Some show the signs of some improvements, yet the conditions are such that there of necessity have to be the change for the better. Without there being we would find that the conditions would gradually grow more acute. The condition, as we find, has been and is of long standing, and there has grown such an impaction in the intestinal tract - not in this case by turning or by twisting, nor by slipping one portion over another, or the condition would have been more acute already - but of impacts in the whole system, as it were, or such sluggishness as to produce reaction or regurgitation. Hence the nausea as has increased and decreased, according to the reaction of the system proper, see?
4. Now, to meet the needs of the conditions of the body in these changes as have come about are the first conditions to be considered - and these we would keep until there is the change for the better, by this continual reaction for the system, see?
5. Over those portions of the abdomen where the pressure is seen, where there is the indications of the impacts coming back to the stomach, duodenum, and that portion of the body, we would apply all over, then, this right side those packs alternated between hot saturated solution of Epsom Salts and hot cloths or hot packs of Castor Oil. Keep these continually changing one from the other until there is the relief or the soreness is removed, or the knot has softened, see?
6. Give those properties as the expediation [expediate - obsolete word meaning expedite] for the system as has been outlined, or as has been used.
7. For the enemas we would occasionally alternate these in mineral oil or white oil and olive oil, for these will be as foods for the lower portion of the system, as well as active forces for the body. Ready for questions.
8. (Q) Why has lump in stomach grown from size of a walnut to the size of an apple in one month?
   (A) Continual packing back in the system. This is a shadow - not a growth at present - from the impactions in the lower portions of the body.
9. (Q) What is this lump and have physicians with aid of X-Ray properly diagnosed it--one of them saying it is a tumor the other a cancer?
   (A) We do not find it EITHER at present - though, with impaction it may become cancerous, or it may take on a tumorous nature, by the natural irritation. At present it is impaction and shadows of feces in the upper portion of the system hardening - that is, the upper portion of the jejunum.
10. (Q) Have physicians and X-Ray correctly diagnosed this growth as having almost entirely closed passage from stomach to upper bowel and is also gradually closing intestine a little further down?
    (A) As given here, shadows are the effect of that as seen by the X-Ray. Hence the change in position and in the condition by change in position of body at time of such X-Ray. True the condition has closed in part the NATURAL tract of the alimentary canal, but with a closed condition would there be regurgitation? or the conditions arising from the stomach as do from continual strain or heaving? By impactions. Do as we have given if we would bring BETTER conditions for this body. Keep these as given - the packs - for this right side of the body of [15].
11. (Q) What should be the diet for the body?
    (A) Little diet will be able to be taken, but that as has been outlined for the system. Those that will be as pre-digested food.
12. We are through for the present.

BACKGROUND

1. 9/17/27 Son's letter in addition to questions which got asked in reading 15-2:
   "Explain phenomenon of patient while in hospital vomited lumps of matter apparently stools from lower bowel and continues vomiting twice daily liquid matter with odor and color of stools - how is this possible if communication between stomach and upper bowel practically closed by growth as they claim X-Ray has disclosed?
   "While discarding other medicine and substituting yours nurse, fearing consequences of suspension, has continued to syphon stomach every morning and gives enema to relieve lower bowel, also magnesia to keep upper bowel free.
   "Is it inevitable as physicians say that as body cannot retain and digest even liquid food owing to growth closing stomach outlet, that patient must now rapidly fade and die of starvation before our very eyes?"

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