This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, this 16th day of June, 1911.

Present: Edgar Cayce, L. B. Cayce, Conductor; Katherine Faxon, Steno. Mrs. [1181].

TEXT

1. LBC: You have before you Mrs. [1181], who is in this room with you. Go over her carefully, examine her thoroughly, and tell us what is the matter with her if anything.
2. EC: Begin here from the top of the head of Mrs. [1181]. We find at times here, we have a flow of the blood to the head, above the abnormal, [normal?] producing a dizziness or tension or strain; pains through the head most of the time - the middle portion just above the oblongata, just above the first cervical - produced from a lack of tension or nerve forces in supplying to the muscular forces that lie interlateral with those of the veins, arteries supplying the blood to the head, in the channels in itself proper; produced from the lack of tension, as it were, or a shatter[ing?] or shock to the whole nervous system in the void [void? - husband's death?]. The over-tension to the nerves, as it were, has gone to such a strain, she has just given out. The lack of the power of the muscular force to contract enough to keep the flow of the blood at the time we have the flow from the heart or from the arteries here toward the head, the 5th and 6th cervicals. The excess of hepatic circulation, produced, of course, from the same results, the same troubles we have here.
3. The acidity of the straining forces in the stomach, themselves, in the organ proper, produced from a lack of the nutriment to the digestion or to the gastric juices to supply the proper amount of nutriment to digest properly - the condition we have, or acid, through the intestinal tract. The same through the urine. Pains across the pelvis at times, down from the lumbar, produced from the same thing. Lackness [laxness?] to the flow of blood through the lower end of the extremities, you see. Lackness [laxness?] in the amount of nutriment to these forces to keep the blood from them; flow to the extremities or to the head and the lower limbs, and remains. If we have a pressure to the upper portion or just above the last cervical or first cervical here, an extra amount of flow of blood to the extremities, especially to the lower limbs, produced from the lack of tension to the nerve supply in the system, to keep out of the capillary circulation.
4. (Q) Any other conditions?
   (A) Some reflexes, of course, from the condition, the mind - action of the force in the body through those of the sympathetics.
5. (Q) What causes the swelling in the left ankle?
   (A) Too much blood.
6. (Q) What treatment would you prescribe to relieve this?
   (A) Cold water along the spine and extremities here from time to time. Rest as much as possible. Take that into the stomach which comes of absorbent nature or that of charcoal, also of magnesia. Acts on the digestion and restrainer to the blood, takes out the force and reduces the properties in themselves, in the white, to reduce the forces in the system.
   Along the spine here from the first and 2nd cervical along to the lower end of the spine. Of course, don't keep it on there all the time. Put it on there, and take it off.
   And apply to the first and 2nd and third cervical and the 4th cervical, that of mud, or mud in the paste, as we have it here, white mud. That is only at the time of rest. We draw the blood away from the head.
   Binding of the limbs only tends to produce more pain through the pelvis, through the sciatic nerve supplies, and forces. The cold water will reduce.
7. (Q) Any other treatment?
   (A) No.

BACKGROUND

1. Previous readings had been secured for her husband, Mr. [3772] via his brother, Mr. [304]. Her husband had recently died. See 3772-1 and 3772-2 on 1/26/11 and 2/02/11.

REPORTS

1. 10/17/22 Mrs. [1181]'s son, Mr. [5086], phoned EC in Birmingham, Alabama and kept the wire open for EC's instructions. See 1181-2.

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