This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at the Ansley Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia, this 26th day of January, 1923, in accordance with request made by self - [47].

Present: Edgar Cayce; Alf Butler, Conductor; Miss [47], Steno.

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1. EC: Yes, we have the body here. We have had this before, you see [No copy of earlier rdg. in A.R.E. files]. Now, the body is not in as good physical condition at present as when we had it before. There is lack of vitality throughout the system, and it has to do with the circulation and with the functioning of some of the organs of the body. Now, these are the conditions as we find them at present in this body of [47] we are speaking of.
2. The blood shows some bacillus being carried in the system, which in its effect over the system gives the strain to certain organs, and takes of the vital forces of the corpuscle circulation. The body needs to care for this condition at present, else after-effects in the next cycle will prove to be very detrimental to the welfare of the body.
3. The nerve forces in the system we find are very good. At present we find some over-strain to some of the centers, especially those at present of the ilium plexus. The organs themselves, we find the strain in the portions of the head and the nasal cavity being produced by the poor eliminations and the condition of the blood supply. The reflex from these affect the tissue of the functioning organs of the throat. Through the lungs, we find very good, though the action of the blood supply on the organs themselves shows the effect on the organs.
4. Through the digestive tract we find some of the same reflexes to these organs. This needs to be corrected, and to produce an extra amount of the leucocyte and lymph, to care for the condition in the liver and the blood supply of the system. The over tendency of the activity of the opposite pole or the extra amount of excretions thrown off by the kidneys shows the condition of the hepatic circulation and the over-taxed condition of the system.
5. The body is not sick in the general sense at present. The conditions need to be corrected as a preventative rather than as of a general condition at present, see? To give the balance and to produce the equilibrium in the body, we would take this in the system:
6. to one gallon of water, rain or distilled water, we would add:

   Sarsaparilla Root.................4 ounces,
Yellow Dock Root..................2 ounces,
Burdock Root......................2 ounces,
Black Haw Bark....................2 ounces,
Dogwood Bark......................2 ounces,
Prickly Ash Bark..................2 ounces,
Elder Flower......................2 ounces,
Mandrake Root....................10 grains,
Buchu Leaves.....................20 grains,
Calisaya Bark.....................2 ounces.

7. This would be reduced by simmering, not boiling, to one quart and one pint, see? Strain while warm. We would add 4 ounces of cane sugar, first dissolved in hot water; 6 ounces of grain alcohol, with 3 drams of Balsam of Tolu.
8. The diet while this is being taken shall be rather of vegetables than meat. The dose would be - one teaspoonful four times each day.
9. For the local conditions in the nasal cavity and for the throat there would be used a wash of equal parts of salt, soda, and cream of Tartar. This would be dissolved in five times the quantity used, snuffed through the nostrils rather than a spray, and gargled through and in the throat, see?
10. The exercises for the head should be those of a specific nature, the side, front and back and circular motion. This should be done each evening. With this, we will find we will bring the body to the normal forces, prevent the improper elimination, rid the capillary circulation of the tissue becoming involved by poisons attempting to be eliminated, see? Do that.
11. Do not bruise the body in any of the abrasions that come over the system, especially until this has been thoroughly taken into the system. Do that.
12. As for the conduct of the individual for its moral and domestic betterment, that is of the individual, a thing apart from the physical, and is to be directed by the individual's own activities, see?
13. (Q) Can you tell what is this body's natural talent?
    (A) To develop along the lines of any creative forces, the natural gift is that of the artistic temperament in all of its branches.
14. (Q) Should this body go to school and develop this talent, or work awhile first?
    (A) Best to develop now, or it afterward becomes a thing that lies too dormant, see?
15. (Q) What school should this body go to, to develop?
    (A) To any of the musical or applied arts.
16. (Q) Should this body go to Cincinnati Conservatory and study voice?
    (A) Very good.
17. (Q) Would that be best for the body?
    (A) If the body so desires it would, yes.
18. (Q) What should this body do now to make a big success professionally?
    (A) Apply self.
19. (Q) Have you any other advice for this body?
    (A) Application of that which the body is conscious of within itself for its development toward the better things of spiritual force would be well for the body to consider in every way, see?
20. (Q) What kind of bacilli is in this body?
    (A) That which forms the condition in the system as breaks the cellular force of the corpuscle circulation and produces destruction to the leucocyte, hence the care the body must take of itself, or suffer the consequences in the days to come, from the abuse of any individual organ of the body, for the breaking of cell forces will come to any of the organs weakened at present, until the system is rid of this bacilli and bacteria. It is at present of streptococcus which forms pus in its own cellular forces. We must create more vitality and furnish more carbon for this system, see?
21. (Q) What are the length of the cycles which come to this body?
    (A) Each organ has its own cycle; the cycle as given here is the period of seven years, as time is reckoned from the physical plane. The cycles for the organs vary in their development.
    Follow the lines as we have given for the best for this body physically, spiritually, mentally and financially.
22. We are through.

REPORTS

1. 7/25/23 See 47-2.
2. 10/18/52 Dr. D. H. Fogel (M.D.)'s note: "Streptococci would be excellent to get a medical history."

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