2/04/37 Letter:
Dear Mr. Cayce:
I want to thank you for the readings and for your kind
letters and I regret so sincerely that I could not write
sooner, but so very many things have happened that in my
weakened and ill condition I could barely handle my own body
and affairs in the institution.
I can't possibly go onto all the details, but the first
disappointment was the Dr. Gray DID NOT CO-Operate at all and
I just had to make the best of things. Naturally I did not
have all the ingredients. I had and still did not get the
yellow saffron, all druggist have the red, so I must order
this from New York, neither could I get the manipulations.
Naturally all this decided my return home. My loss of weight
was considerable, but I arrived home safely, an 8 hour
journey by train, last Monday. Having been on fruits and
vegetables for 5 weeks, my little strength available was just
enough to get adjusted to my home environments again and my
own care with a little for the family. My condition is
improved greatly, for even though handicapped, I followed
"Cayce" as much as I could, but am still in need of much
care.
I am now enclosing check of $20. - for the readings. Of
course, it was too bad, Dr. Birdi was not there, and I was
puzzled, why the information should be just that way. What
could Dr. Birdi know, that could not come through you knowing
how desperate my plight was. I reasoned, if the forces saw
that Dr. Birdi was good for me, and he was not with me, what
of his "goodness" could the forces get for me. However, it
is not for us to question, the why's and the wherefore's. I
was grateful and still am, but if I could ask just one
question, without making another reading, I would be very
happy. There is no immediate hurry about this one, and as I
understand, you often have group questions and this probably
could be handled this way. I should like to know, whether I
can use the inhalant given in one of my previous readings, to
shrink the tumor in the womb, or the most necessary advice
first. Naturally I am concerned about this. Just as soon as
the gas condition is still better, I will give this more
attention.
In closing I hope that your father has recovered from his
recent illness, I was sorry to learn of your concern for
home. I hope that you and all your family are well and
remain with best regards from our whole family and myself, as
ever.
Yours sincerely, [
428]
P.S. Dear Mr. Cayce: After dwelling upon the Dr. Birdi
question, it occurred to me that had I been able to be in Dr.
Birdi's care, he would have seen to it that my readings would
have been carried out, because NO DOCTOR, outside of Dr.
Berger has ever taken them seriously and there certainly is
splendid information contained in all of them. The trouble
is when I call on you for help I am always in such desperate
plight, that I am not capable to handle the situation and
nobody takes me in hand and I am too modest to expect it from
anybody. Dr. Berger at that time charged $5. - and two
visits a week for a long period we just could not do at that
time. Further the conditions in the home were such as to
continually undo any good that I might have received through
manipulations. I don't know, whether I told you, that my
sister now takes care of my mother and partly of the house
and I help as best I can, otherwise I don't know what would
become of me. I am going to make a very desperate effort now
though to get well.
While at the institution I met a Dr. Anna de la Motte, an old
lady, but mentally very alert, still practicing in Brooklyn
and within 5 minutes conversation we discovered we were of
one trend of thought. She wanted to see my readings and you
might send her some advertising matter. She was the first
woman to be admitted to our medical college, in fact she had
to fight for admission, she is an M.D., Chiropractor and
Osteopath and interested in the occult sciences. Of course I
still have plenty of old bulletins here, but you may have
better things and by the time I get to it, she may have lost
interest, it is best to do those things soon. If you care
to, I think it would be well to send her some case studies,
something about karma, life readings, etc. I leave it to
you. You may mention my name. I am going to call on her
sometime, but of course I want to make a showing, otherwise
what good is it. This is the address.
Anna C. de la Motte, M.D., 27 Schermerhorn St., Brooklyn,
N.Y.
Of course, I am hoping that something may come of it and
although I have been silent all these years, I have every
kept you in mind.
[
428]
2/08/37 EC's letter: "The inhalant, I am sure, can be used,
Mrs. [
428], but may I make this suggestion? I am of the
opinion that you have one of the best osteopaths [in your
vicinity] than anywhere else in the country. Suppose you
have him come by and see you. Dr. Frank P. Dobbins. Tell
him you want a rdg., but that you want him, after examining
you, to make up the questions, and for him to write me about
it. Now this rdg. is on me, see? but would like for you to
see someone who will cooperate with the information and get
results. He has, many the time, and I believe he will here.
I don't think he will charge you a great big fee, either. Do
you know him? Won't you do this for me now, Mrs. [
428]?
Let's make one try at it anyway. Tell him the circumstances,
and all, and you will, am sure, find that he is a man who has
a heart."
2/12/37 Dr. Frank P. Dobbins' letter to EC: "I am writing
for a Mrs. [
428] who is having a particularly bad time with
menopause. As you know she has been up to McFadden's place
in Dansville, [N.Y.].
"It seems that her one obsession is gas. In going over her
abdomen I don't seem to find a lot of distention and am
convinced that the reason she has so much trouble is because
she sucks in a lot of air. I don't seem to get anywhere in
telling her that. She has dieted to the point where she has
lost 20 lbs. and she still is on a very foolish diet - also
taking 2 enemas a day that I consider not only a waste of
time but really harmful to her body. She will write you a
request for a reading very soon and I would like these
questions answered.
"1. Is the fibroid tumor in the uterus causing any pressure
on any vital part?
2. Is exercise indicated, if so what form?
3. Is the feeling of gas pressure in the abdomen really gas,
if not what causes this feeling?
4. Is the diet as given correct?
"I am not able to find a thing wrong with her and believe is
due to an unbalance of the endocrine system - plus unpleasant
things in the home."
2/13/37 Mrs. [
428]'s letter to EC: Your letter of the 8th
inst. made me very happy indeed and I am truly grateful of
your kind interest. Any and every help seems a prayer
answered.
It may interest you to know that before I went to Dansville
Dr. Dobbins had already done his utmost with physical as well
as mental adjustments to reestablish me, but as the reading
so plainly stated, "The stress and strain of the ENVIRONS"
were the cause of my distress. I knew this and felt for a
long time that I should have a change, but on account of this
gas condition and having no substitute to care for my mother,
I never could get away until my condition got so very bad,
that it was a case of life or death. An institution was
therefore the only escape and even while many things happened
that could be termed as "adverse", it all turned out for the
best. No amount of will power, nor reasoning could have
brought about the "mental" change, as this stay away from
home did.
So night before last we saw Dr. Dobbins and he will send his
own questions. I feel the better for having had the
treatment as well as being in his care. I had made another
effort to get the yellow saffron, my own druggist reported it
as "not on the market", so to-day I went to Eymer and Amend
myself and got what is called American Saffron and hope this
is right, the term "yellow saffron" does not seem to be the
regular trade name. I have taken it twice today and will
watch the outcome.
And now if I may, I should like to ask questions concerning
the following: besides the ones Dr. Dobbins will ask, unless
they are duplicates:
At the time the first reading was made I lived on grapefruit,
tomatoes, oranges, and I really "resent" no diet, except that
I get terribly hungry and weak. I get so weak that unless I
take some milk, egg yolk, Vegex with milk, I can hardly care
for myself and therefore I have added these foods in only the
necessary amounts to keep me going. I weighed 101 1/2 lbs.
at Dansville and I still weigh that. Dr. Dobbins would like
to have me add Clabbered milk, which I am willing to take.
The socalled "body" of my diet has been as given in the first
reading and I feel the better for it. QUESTION: AM I DOING
RIGHT EATING THIS WAY?
Although Dr. Dobbins is not at all concerned about the tumor,
I certainly should like to be enlightened about it. I am not
fretting or worried about it and Dr. Dobbins said there is no
need to pay attention until IT GETS REAL LARGE TO FORM AN
OBSTRUCTION (to which I cannot agree) not when I can have
information coming through you. I have had the successful
experience that the uterus can be influenced through
inhalations and while this particular remedy I have in mind
may not be suitable now, something else may be seen as good
for me in this condition, for I don't want to let it become
large if it can possibly be prevented. Dr. Tilden, a
drugless authority, claims that fibroid tumors can be shrunk,
also while at Dansville one of the masseuses told me that her
sister is shrinking a tumor, so I feel that this undertaking
is not absurd.
Question: WHAT CAN BE DONE TO SHRINK THE TUMOR?
Question: IS AMERICAN SAFFRON THE RIGHT KIND?
Of course I am glad myself to be home again and can only say
that every day I have been feeling some better. Of course
much precious time has been lost because I did not have the
proper support but I am happy to be this far.
2/20/37 See
428-12.
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