This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 16th day of December, 1940, in accordance with request made by the self - Miss [288], Active Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

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

TEXT

1. GC: You will give the physical condition of this body at the present time, with suggestions for further corrective measures; answering the questions, as I ask them:
2. EC: Yes, we have the body here; this we have had before.
3. As we find, there are those indications of there being acute conditions from those tendencies which have been indicated as exist with the general physical forces of the body.
4. From the general activities of the body, without the exercise of the stretching forward or standing erect and stretching forward as has been indicated would be well for the body, there has been the causing of a great deal of pressure through the lumbar and sacral area, from the segments in the coccyx and the lower end of the spine.
5. As we find, the corrective measures osteopathically administered would be well, or chiropractically - if PROPERLY administered - would be the most helpful; and then the GENTLE rubs across the small of the back with the Mutton Tallow, Spirits of Turpentine and Camphor, with hot packs.
6. Then we would keep precautions as to diet, not overbalancing in this or that direction; using the Pazo Ointment for the hemorrhoids; and we will find better conditions for this body.
7. Ready for questions.
8. (Q) Should the same type of exercise be continued?
   (A) As just indicated, - the standing erect, gently raising the hands, see, high over the head, rising on toes and BENDING forward. Do this two, three times morning and evening.
9. (Q) Does the indentation at the end of the spine have anything to do with continual hemorrhoid irritation?
   (A) As just indicated, the conditions here have gradually caused a great deal of trouble, by the lack of keeping up the adjustments AND the exercises as indicated. This has never been fully corrected, you see. The PRESSURE as created in portions of the spine higher up HAS been relieved, but the sources - or the straining of the end of the spine have not been. [See 288-47 Reports of Reading, Par. R1.]
10. (Q) Should I try to enlarge the anus by any local application, or would this be harmful?
    (A) No; this would not be the better. If this is straightened we will find there will be the enlarging.
11. (Q) Should I repeat course of ADIRON, Serutan, etc.?
    (A) This is very well, except do not overeat because of the appetite created. This only makes for greater distresses.
12. (Q) Has the taking of Olive Oil been harmful?
    (A) It's beneficial if taken properly. But relieve the pressures, see?
13. (Q) Did the taking of one small artichoke (which had been in the ice box a week) have anything to do with the severe backache last night?
    (A) It was a contributory cause, but not specific.
14. (Q) What causes, and how may I prevent, sickness while traveling?
    (A) By keeping an equilibrium or balance within the system, and changing the mind's attitude. TALK! DON'T just sit - without talking! Find those influences of interest from without, and there will not be the unbalancing from within, see?
15. We are through with this Reading.

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BACKGROUND

1. 2/26/40 She obtained Ck. Physical 288-46 for lumbago, hemorrhoids, lower limbs swelling, etc.
2. 12/16/40 She sought advice again for lumbago, hemorrhoids.

REPORTS

1. 12/18/40 Miss [288] reported: "In all the months since the last rdg. I have only missed one night of taking the exercises night and morning, as near right as I knew how. However, I must have done it by rote and without enthusiasm, which prevented results. Too, I did not keep up the osteopathic treatments.
   "Several years ago Dr. Gena L. Crews, D.O., called my attention to the indented spine, saying it was most unusual, at the coccyx area. Recently I have been reminded by my mother of how I used to jump up in the air and sit down hard on the end of my spine, when I was 2-3 yrs. old. I was a chubby little girl and they would laugh at me, not realizing it could be harmful. When they'd laugh, I'd keep doing it to amuse them. Possibly this is the long standing cause of my hemorrhoid trouble?" [See 288-51, Par. 11-A on 10/15/41 saying corrections in the main had been made.] 10/56 Miss [288] reported: "I kept having the hemorrhoids off and on, until I went to Dr. O. M. Wakefield, D.O., who gave me treatments osteopathically in the anus, using his finger with rubber glove. I believe this was the first time anyone had really gotten to the seat (!!) of the trouble."
2. 4/14/41 She obtained Ck. Physical 288-49 for tonsillitis, advising surgery. She stated when requesting the rdg.: "The hemorrhoid and lumbago condition cleared entirely. Now all the trouble seems concentrated in the tonsils." She said she had just gotten over a siege of the flu; also measles.

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