This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 115 West 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va., this 23rd day of November, 1926, in accordance with request made by self - Mr. [814].

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

TEXT

1. GC: You will go over this body carefully, examine it thoroughly, and tell me the conditions you find at the present time. You will diagnose the case thoroughly, giving the cause of the existing conditions, also the treatment for the cure and relief of this body.
2. EC: Yes, we have the body here.
3. Now, we find in the abnormal conditions as may be corrected, there are specific disturbances produced in the body by misdirected, as it were, nerve energies, and the combination of an over balanced system in the direction of eliminations in the body. Hence when the conditions are approached from the functional condition, the results become those that produce other disturbances, rather than correcting the abnormality.
4. The correction, then, should be made in the cerebro-spinal system, making the full alignment in the cerebro-spine, see? for we will find there are disturbances in the cervical, the upper dorsal, and the lumbar. All of these have their effect on the nerve supply to the various functioning organs, as seen in face, head, in the throat, bronchials, and in the locomotion of the body. This correction should be chiropractically or osteopathically given, until the corrections are complete, which should take from thirteen to twenty-six (13 to 26) such adjustments, see?
5. After these adjustments have been made - not before, nor not during the time - AFTER these adjustments have been made, take these properties as medicinal properties to correct the eliminations, see? and to bring about the normal assimilation in the body:
6. To 1 gallon of rain water, add:

   Wild Cherry Bark................4 ounces,
Sarsaparilla Root...............2 ounces,
Yellow Dock Root................1 ounce,

   Burdock Root....................1 ounce,
Black Root, or Snake Root.....1/2 ounce,
Mandrake Root..................20 grains,
Poke Root......................20 grains,
Buchu Leaves...................30 grains.

   Reduce this by simmering (not boiling) to 1 quart. Strain while warm, and add 4 ounces pure grain alcohol, with 3 drams Balsam of Tolu cut in it. Shake solution to-gether before the dose is taken. The dose should be taken 4 times each day, half teaspoonful at each dose, before each meal and before retiring, see?
7. By the time these properties have been taken, we will find the conditions as exist at present removed, that may be corrected.
8. In the general physical forces of this body, we find the combination of those conditions as have to do with the action of suggestion over the system, and that as of the environmental conditions, which war one with another. Hence the combination of those conditions as are given for the adjustments, for the correction in the application of conditions within the physical forces of the body, and that as is necessary to take from the exterior force, or through the mind's action over material conditions, taken into the system to make the full corrections, as it were, genuine or stamped within the system - but follow out these conditions as have been given, and we will bring the normal forces for this body, [814].
9. We are through for the present.

BACKGROUND

1. 10/13/26 Letter: "I am writing to ask you if you can diagnose my case or can you tell me what should be done. I have had a peculiar ailment for the past year and a half which seems to baffle the two doctors I have had."

REPORTS

1. 12/04/26 Wife's Letter: "I am answering for my husband. We think the reading is excellent and do believe it to be the thing that is wrong with him. He has been taking treatments from a Naprapath doctor before your letter came and when you said to take 13 to 26 treatments from a Chiropractor or Osteopath he went to this Naprapath because they also treat the spine. Today he had another quite bad spell and we wonder if it is alright to get the spinal treatments from a Naprapath or go to an Osteopath. We intend to follow out your instructions to the letter, they are wonderful and we are convinced they (the spells) are caused through his nerves. I want you to know we think your reading is worth many times what we can afford to pay for it."
2. 12/08/26 EC wrote he thought the D.O. would be preferable.
3. 11/08/27 Wife's letter: "We followed out your advice but as yet he has not improved. Do you think you could arrange another reading?"
4. 11/22/27 See 814-2.
5. 2/22/34 Dr. W. Lee Kapple's letter: "On November 26, 1926, a Mr. [814] of this city called at my office for spinal treatment as suggested by you. He was told to take thirteen treatments for his ailment, the results of which - when given in accordance with directions - were astounding to me, as I had given up all hopes of ever being helpful to an epileptic victim. However, he was cured and has remained so to date..."
6. 2/26/34 EC's letter to Dr. W. Lee Kapple: "I am just in receipt of yours of the 22nd. I appreciate very much your report on Mr. [814] of your city. I had not heard anything from Mr. [814] since the information was given him some years ago. I am glad to know that he got the desired results from following the directions as were given in the information.
   "To me, throughout the years, it has not ceased to be worth while to know that individuals get results when they follow the suggestions made. We become accustomed to information of unusual nature and things of that kind, and to unusual types of treatment; for, you may well imagine through thirty-five years of experience there have been at some time or another, almost every sort of suggestion that might be thought of, in all fields of practice, and some very delicate operations. One of the most marvelous operations, I believe, was performed by Dr. Murphy some years ago in your city, through suggestion in a reading.
   "I am glad to know, too, that you are handling the case of Mrs. [515] I believe that she will get results. I do not know that I am well informed as to 'naprapathic spinal work'. I know there have been suggestions for osteopathic, chiropractic, naturopathic, neuropathic systems of treatment, as well as the etheronic, magnetic, electro-therapy, and many various kinds of mechanical appliances, as well as the three schools of medicine and, apparently, the information has suggested that which will meet the needs of the individual at the time.
   "I am sending you, under separate cover, a couple of booklets, inclosing the regular literature that is sent to those who request same. Should you find these of interest and be desirous of having any other literature, know that we shall be glad to send it to you at any time.
   "We do not want a doctor at any time to forego his own experience, but know that we are glad to cooperate with anyone who is giving of his better self in service to humanity, and we shall be glad to send individuals who may request information to you. You may rest assured, Doctor, that when individuals have check readings, as we have had at times, and the physician has not carried out the instructions, it will say so.
   "We had a good demonstration of this last fall. A doctor [W. H. Ketchum, M.D.] in Palo Alto, California, who has known the work for some years, in fact, was the physician who presented same to the Clinic Research Society in Boston in 1910. He suggested to one of his patients [Mrs. 757] that she get information through these channels. Naturally she went back to him for treatment. The subsequent reading told her he did not follow instructions and, of course, the case was taken away from him.
   "I am sending you with this data a Bulletin, in which you will see a case report. Would you be willing to write a report on Mr. [814]'s case that we might publish same in the Bulletin? Of course, as you will see, the names are not used. They only give the dates of the reports from the individuals or the physicians treating same. We shall appreciate it if you will do this.
   "Thanking you for your letter, and with kindest personal regards, I am..."
7. 3/07/34 Dr. W. Lee Kapple's letter, reporting on his patient Mrs. [515] whom he had previously referred to Edgar Cayce:
   "I feel it my duty to send you information relative to the case of Mr. [814] of this city who came to my office with your letter of suggestions that he might regain his lost health. I had formerly treated this patient, and had informed him there was nothing I could do for him, however he so urged me to try again, and following your outline of treatment to the letter he received a permanent cure of the worlds most dreaded ailment - epilepsy.
   "NAPRAPATHY - A system of scientific spinal work, with the theory that the majority of human ailments are traceable to diseased or shrunken ligaments found especially in the spinal column, or where ever connective tissue will shrink causing nerve irritation.
   "It was in 1905, that Dr. Oakley Smith dean of the Chicago College of Naprapathy, began to plan manipulative directos for the purpose of bringing stretch upon the connective tissue fibers of the ligamentous and areolar tissues of the body, more especially of the spinal column. The students of this science are taught the charted system of diagnosis, a very thorough subject on directo planning, searching out the direction of shrinkage, soreness, tension, the result of this diagnosis determines the manner of treatment as to direction of force, the amount of poundage or weight administered in different parts of the body.
   "By repeating the application of the directol force many times at the same treatment (which is given in a light manner) the tightened condition is stretched far more than in the case where only one or two forces are given against the spine.
   "In studying the results which follow the application of planned physical force to the spinal column, it will be observed that a force passed into a spinal segment at a certain angle will produce good results, the same amount of force passed into the same segment but at a different angle, will produce detrimental results, the force which passes in a line so as to shorten fibers that are already too short is also a detriment, while the force that lies in a line that has no influence in either shortening or lengthening the shrunken ligament will have only negative results. Therefore it seems only reasonable and has been proved thousands of times in my office, that giving a directol force that passes at an angle so as to stretch ligamentos fibers that need to be stretched, gives beneficial results.
   "In connection with naprapathic treatment, we use the battle creek method of massage and body manipulations, as taught by Dr. H. Kellogg of the battle creek sanitarium, we have many patients who need this service, but when indicated we do not hesitate to apply naprapathic work in order to bring about the desired results. The pine needle vapor bath cabinet installed in this office is doing splendid work and finds its place in the general way of treatment.
   "This short explanation of Naprapathy may serve its purpose in a small way to acquaint you with its workings. Its many virtues as a medium of help to humanity however, comes through the sincere application of those who profess to use it."
   (GD's note: In BEALLE'S Drugless Red Book for 1946 there are three pages of Naprapaths listed - all in Western States.)

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