This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at the Hirn home, 6844 Nansen St., Forest Hills, L.I., N.Y., this 9th day of November, 1934, in accordance with request made by Mr. Louis French, new Active Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc., recommended by Mr. George Hirn, Sr., and Mr. R. N. Ladd.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Hugh Lynn Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Louis French, Hirn family, Loretta Ladd, Eva & Bertha Levy, Mary Schurmann, Gladys Costa, and many others (approximately forty in all).

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1. EC: Yes, we have the body here, [724], and those conditions that surround the physical forces of this body.
2. Now, as we find, there are conditions that disturb the physical body, which may be aided - and help and resuscitating forces be brought to this body; though we find conditions rather what may ordinarily be termed hopeless.
3. As we find, these are the conditions:
4. In giving that which may be helpful for this body, something of the causes as well as the effects that are at present existent may make for helpfulness in the experience of those that may minister to the physical welfare of the body.
5. First, then, we find an injury in times past to the head, that has not made - in itself - for a pressure upon the brain itself, but a condition in the axis of the neck that has brought on the paralysis and the gradual affecting of the brain centers, until there is a wasting - or those reactions to the brain's reflected forces such as to produce what is termed by some a wasting, or the brain's non-activity.
6. These were those things that brought about that which exists as the surroundings in the present.
7. As to the BLOOD SUPPLY, we have an internal circulation that is very good, considering what have been and are the suppressed conditions when it comes to those activities that have made - and do make - for the impulses for the activities either of the muscular forces or the locomotory forces, either from the brachial or from the centers in the lower portions of the body.
8. The superficial circulation is very low.
9. These conditions, of course, have been as a gradual growth; for the body attempts to adjust itself to meet the conditions that are found to exist in the physical forces of the body; thus we have gradually builded in the body a LESION - in not only the upper centers in the cervical area but to the axis and to the base of the brain itself - that which has hindered a proper circulation through that portion of the body. Then the wasting away.
10. The NERVE CENTERS in some portions show little or no response, yet the sympathetic centers not being involved there is brought to other portions of the body a reflex that is not normal, but is rather of a superficial activity.
11. These, then, are the hindrances as we find them for the bettering of the physical conditions of this body, [724] we are speaking of:
12. Now, in meeting conditions, or in bringing for this body the greater experience in the earth, it will require - as may be seen from the conditions and from the ministrations that have been given for the body - consistency, persistency, and prayerful experience; not only of the body itself but of those that would minister to the needs of the physical forces.
13. Where the centers of the nerve system have been destroyed by their lack of association or connection, by the shock sustained (by its diving in water or in some forces that made for an effect upon the body), so that these have been blocked and are lacking in the coordination of the centers themselves, there may be applied the influences from without that - with consistent and persistent activity - will bring not only the replenishing but the building to a condition, at least, wherein only a portion of the paresis or paralysis may remain; and the body not only in its mental self may find gradual recuperations but take much of that which may aid in its caring for itself.
14. Prepare, then, the low form of the electrical vibrations that come through the wet cell appliance in the static forces; for these are nearer akin to that electrical vibration that may be set in the body. Then, attune these to the body through first the Chloride of Gold, in the proportion of one grain to one ounce of distilled water; and then the Nitrate of Silver - that will supply those other elements within the system if they are carried in the proper proportions, which would be one grain soluble in three ounces of the alcohol.
15. These properties would be given alternately to the body through these electrical vibrations, one given one day and one the next, each day for a period of thirty days; then a rest period when there would be the recharging of the battery formations, and then begin again.
16. In the applications of the battery, of course, the small copper plate would be the positive, and the larger nickel plate passing through the solution would be the negative - with the coil into the solution, one day the Gold and the next day the Nitrate of Silver; attached to the body for twenty minutes each day.
17. Make the application of the first or smaller copper anode to the 9th dorsal plexus when using the Gold solution, and the anode through which the solution is to pass - the nickel anode - to the UMBILICII center. When making the application of the Silver on the next day, the small copper anode would be attached in the extremity - or to the lower limbs, while the nickel anode carrying the solution would be attached to the base of the brain. For, indeed has the psalmist been correct in "The cord of silver is not broken, and His cup runneth over to those who put their trust in the Lord."
18. Each evening as the body is prepared for rest, we would use a gentle massage carrying properties in same that will rest the body much from its periods of constantly being unable to use its own forces. Such a compound for massaging would be prepared in this manner:
19. To 1/2 gallon of Gasoline as the carrier (using the normal gasoline, not that which has been tainted with any coloring matter), add:

    Camphor Gum.................1 dram,
Russian White Oil...........4 ounces,
Oil of Wintergreen..........2 ounces,
Oil of Pine Needles.........2 ounces,
Oil of Cedar Wood...........2 ounces,
Oil of Sassafras............1 dram.

20. These in solution would bend to separate; but shake well each evening when ready to use; pour out a portion into a shallow container and massage along the whole of the cerebrospinal system, especially in the area about the 1st and 2nd cervical, the 2nd and 3rd dorsal, the 4th lumbar, and along both of the lower limbs - as well as the upper. Massage in a ROTARY motion. Not as to cause too much irritation, but with that prayerful application, knowing that the ministrations of those manifestations in the earth - as given through the All-Wise Creative Forces - may bring to this body a constructive influence.
21. Do these things for this body, and we will bring to the body a much nearer normal and activative force for the physical body.
22. Ready for questions.
23. (Q) Would you recommend any special diet for the body?
    (A) That which keeps the normal balance towards blood and nerve building; for the nerves must make their contacts through the creating of the influences that are within the tendons of themselves, that will be increased by the application of those solutions that awaken the superficial circulation; and we will find these will bring help.
    When sixty days have passed with following these, we would give further instructions.
24. We are through for the present.

    Copy to Louis French
    Copy to Ass'n file
    (See letter [which was enclosed] to The Reilly Service with specifications for battery.
    The ingredients for the massage may be obtained separately and then put together; I think Reilly would do this for you also.
    Nerve and blood building diet, I think, would consist chiefly of fresh vegetables, fruits and nuts; liver, tripe, pigs' feet, etc. GD.)

REPORTS

1. 12/10/34 Reported by R. N. Ladd: "Mr. H., Mrs. Ladd and I called on the [724] girl down on the East side of N.Y. yesterday afternoon and they are now straightened out in regard to the battery. The brother gives the massage and the battery treatments every day. The Gold Solution begins to show signs of the black sludge."
2. 12/18/34 EC's ltr. to Mr. Louis French who sponsored 724-1:
   I was very glad to have had the opportunity to meet you, and to see the love manifested in your heart that to me is an expression of the kind of love that God has meant to be in every man's heart - the desire to be of a help to the fellow man and, especially, to some of those who are upon beds of affliction or who are in distress in any way. This, to me, is the real purpose that God has had in mind when He has given life and animation to our physical bodies and endowed them with a soul, for it is the soul, of course, that lives on, while the body may perish. But the deeds that are done in the body, to be sure, become the mind of the soul itself.
   I certainly am in hopes that our attempts to try to be of help to Miss [724] will prove to be helpful and very much worth while. Of course, the information itself will do very little. It is only by the application in a consistent and persistent way and manner that help will come.
   Our experiences in the greater number of cases have been that where it has promised help, if it is used in this way and manner, help will come. I know that you will keep close in touch with this case, and we will appreciate it if you will let us hear from you from time to time. Know if there are any questions that you or any member of the family would like to ask, we will be only too glad to try to be of a service.
   Thanking you for your interest, for your sincerity of purpose, and wishing you the Season's greetings, I am
   Sincerely, Edgar Cayce

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