This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 28th day of January, 1940, in accordance with request made by her sister, Mrs. [1192], Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

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

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1. GC: You will give the physical condition of this body at the present time; giving the cause of the existing conditions, also suggestions for help and relief of this body. You will answer the questions, as I ask them:
2. EC: Yes.
3. Now as we find, unless there is an arousing in the mental self - either through suggestions or aid - the desire to fight against those conditions (which as we find arise from general debilitation through the mental and physical reaction), there will not be much hope of bringing resuscitating forces of any nature to the body, to be of any permanent or material aid.
4. As we find, a form of an anemia is the basic disturbance.
5. We would follow those suggestions which are being made for the recuperation of the resistances, by - as we find - transfusions would be helpful.
6. But unless there can be some reaction in other directions, these will not be of any great or lasting help.
7. Ready for questions.
8. (Q) Are any organs affected and to what extent?
   (A) All of them are affected, you see. This is rather just a "giving up" - as combined with that of an anemia which has gradually grown on the body.
   And this affects the nerve system, the organs, and the whole resistances of the body.
9. (Q) How would you suggest attempting to get a mental reaction?
   (A) This must be through someone else, as indicated, - the daughter, sister, or reader.
10. (Q) Is it advisable to have Dr. White from Boston, and follow his method?
    (A) Not necessarily. As we find, these conditions are understood, - unless there is the desire on the part of those administering to have other advice or counsel.
11. (Q) What would be the medical term for her condition?
    (A) As just given - anemia!
12. We are through for the present.

    Copy to Mrs. [1192] - Special Delivery - Phoned Also
    Copy to Ass'n file

BACKGROUND

1. See previous readings, especially 1000-24 with subsequent Reports.
2. 1/26/40 Sister, Mrs. [1192]'s ltr.: "Sister [1000] is very seriously ill in the hospital and I am terribly anxious about her... Is Dr. Ottenberg the right man to help her? Is this condition of long standing or is it recent?" Etc.

REPORTS

1. 3/09/40 (Phone request thru brother-in-law an sister, Mr. [417] and Mrs. [1192]): The doctors are really at a standstill now; they've given her very drastic treatments which have had very bad effect on her mental state; they really give a very slim chance for her. The family got together - her daughter, [...], and her brother; and they all agree that whatever the Rdg. says they will try to do, - and now a Reading would not conflict with anything, as the doctors aren't doing anything.
   1. What is cause of her illness? 2. How can she be treated for a cure? 3. Is it advisable to move her to other surroundings? 4. Have the doctors given her correct treatment for her illness? 5. Should doctors be changed? 6. If a change in doctors, please advise name and location best suited for treating her? 7. Should the nurses now taking care of her be changed? 8. Would it help if her husband came to see her? 9. What can be done to put her in a better frame of mind? 10. Any other suggestions?
   (Will phone tonight about six-thirty)
2. 3/09/40 See 1000-26.

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