This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at the David E. Kahn home, 44 West 77th St., Apt. 14-W, New York City, this 26th day of October, 1935, in accordance with request made by the self - Dr. [438], Active Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Dr. [438] and Homer Holden (?).

TEXT

1. EC: Yes, we have the body here, [438]; this we have had before.
2. As we find, the specific conditions - as the result of those activities in the portions of the body where there has been the tendency for slow recuperation from necessary outward activities - are progressing very, very good.
3. However, WE find the necessity for an adjustment in the dorsal area (and we would insist upon same); which would alleviate those tendencies for the slowing of the circulation THROUGH injured portions, thus preventing a tendency for accumulations of the lymph flow ABOUT injured parts.
4. The rest we would keep very much in the way and manner as IS being cared for; only the proper rebuilding, with the keeping of the proper eliminations and the normal assimilations, adding - of course - those necessary elements in the system through influences taken for replenishing that necessary for the rebuilding of structural or muscular forces and tendon activities. And these are increased especially through the diets, with which the body is well acquainted.
5. These we would do.
6. Ready for questions.
7. (Q) How long will it be before I will have full use of the leg?
   (A) THIS, to be sure, depends upon the responses the body makes in body-building, and in creating the influences necessary.
   But as we find, as indicated, and especially if the dorsal corrections are made that will allow the full circulation to and from the torso portion of the body, these will gradually increase the faster - and more and more will there be the use of the limb.
   This should be in sixty to ninety days near where it can be more active, and the less necessity of using those aids. Yet precautions should even then be taken. Do not overdo or strain; for the body or the limb is in that condition where all that has been accomplished might be undone by a stumble or by an accident that would cause the flow of the whole influence into that particular portion - or injured portion - of body.
8. (Q) Will there be any permanent impairment of the leg?
   (A) There should be little or none.
9. (Q) Should the dorsal corrections be osteopathic or chiropractic?
   (A) Either; just so the vertebrae are moved sufficient that those TENDENCIES that are indicated do not continue to exist.
10. (Q) What type of treatment would be suggested from now on?
    (A) We would not alter much from that which has been indicated, or the manner in which it is being cared for.
    The principal thing, of course, is that the body-elements are kept in nominal balance; that the eliminations and assimilations be kept normally reacting, and then sufficient of the massage that the portions that are afflicted - or injured - receive the proper balance. Don't OVERDO it, but keep a normal BALANCE; this is the more preferable way for the applications.
11. (Q) Is there any possibility of the fibrous union becoming ossous?
    (A) This will not occur if the body-elements are kept balanced.
12. (Q) In what period of time would this be accomplished?
    (A) In that as we have indicated there SHOULD be the ability for the better use of same.
13. (Q) What is the best procedure on the medical legal angle in reference to the damage suit?
    (A) This may only be presented through the regular channels. Yes, we have the conditions here. While there are those entanglements in same, owing to the material situations with those that were responsible for the activities, with these pressed in the legal way and manner - PRESENTING and showing what has been produced and what is being produced for the body - there should be easily made the necessity for the proper consideration being given.
14. (Q) Should there be any fixed amount to be settled, or should I let it go to trial?
    (A) This should be set rather according to the period, the time necessary to be considered - the loss of time and all. It may either be set as a lump sum, OR - more preferably, as we find - let it go to trial.
15. (Q) What can I do in my present condition to help further the interests of the institution at Rockefeller Center? [See 438-1.]
    (A) The presence of the body, to be sure, even under strained circumstances, which is the natural inclination. While care and attention are given in an efficient way and manner by all concerned, the very presence of the body makes for a more sympathetic atmosphere; and the psychological effect had upon those coming and going is helped by the presence of the body - as oft as is BEST for the body-activity, as well as for the general conditions, see?
16. (Q) What connection can I have to offset my loss to the institution?
    (A) This may not be set in terms; for loss is loss. This must be made only in those ways and manners that will keep the connections with all the activities in such a manner as to retain same; the bond of union in the activities in every field of association and service, as near as possible. And this, as indicated, may best be done by the PRESENCE - whenever it is plausible or in keeping with the best INTERESTS of the body, see?
17. (Q) Any other advice that may be given at this time?
    (A) In its mental attitude - which forms, as it were, the background for not only the activities of the entity in its assistance or aid to others through the institution, but through the relations of the attitude of the body-mind, [438], to the conditions that have brought about these:
    DO NOT allow these, that appear as hindrances, to become stumblingblocks, ever. Rather know that all hindrances may be turned - by constructive THINKING, constructive conversation even to others - into HELPFUL experiences; though they may appear from the surface as to have been greatly detrimental.
    Then keep constructive in thought, in conversation, in activity with those about the body and those with whom the body associates.
18. We are through with this reading.

    Copy to Self
    Copy to Ass'n file

BACKGROUND

1. See 438-3 on 5/30/35 for fractured kneecap.

REPORTS

1. 12/12/35 "A wk. ago last Sat. my knee started to bother me again. It puffed up quite a bit. Several days later I came to N.Y. and an X-ray showed the lower fragment had separated 1/2 inch and otherwise pulled loose. I have been in bed now for about 12 days and the leg feels better. But I'll have to be operated again. This they expect to do on Tues. or Wed. of next wk. Would you have time to give me a rdg. in the next few days? Why did the fracture open again? What are chances now for complete recovery of use of leg? What type of operation is best? What advice for post-operative treatments?"
2. 12/16/35 EC's letter on returning from Detroit: "Your letter was here waiting. I'm certainly sorry to know you are having trouble again with that knee... I feel sure you must have had the operation before this. I'm sorry we did not receive the letter in time to attempt the information for you through the rdg... I still feel that the setback could have been avoided if you had let Dobbins [Frank P. Dobbins, D.O.] make those corrections as the reading suggested... Know that if at any time we can possibly be of service, we are only too glad to do so. A wire would have reached us, or been forwarded..."
3. 1/06/36 "I was operated on the 17th of Dec. Under ether about 1-1/2 hrs. but came out o.k. Getting used to it. But of course I'll be on my back for some time and will have to take a yr. or two of the restful life - and I am sure sick of restful living. I left the hospital yesterday and I am staying at ... Any time in the next wk. or two that you can give me a ck. rdg. I would like to arrange for same."
4. 1/11/36 He submitted questions.
5. 1/15/36 See 438-5.

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