This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 11th day of April, 1938, in accordance with request made by the self - Mr. [1568], new Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc., recommended and sponsored by Mme. [1554].

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

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1. EC: (In undertone - "Yes, some surroundings! International affairs - Mr. [1568].")
2. Yes, we have those conditions, those disturbing forces here with this body, Mr. [1568].
3. Now as we find, the disturbing forces or the causes are rather specific, while the effects of these are more subtle, and at times causes a great deal of inconvenience as well as anxiety.
4. These then are the conditions as we find them with this body, Mr. [1568] we are speaking of:
5. The blood supply indicates the effects of an inflammatory condition through the digestive system; thus affecting the nervous system as well as the activities of the assimilating and distributing system. By distributing we mean the activity of the glandular force for the assimilating and preparing of those activities from the foods for their generative forces in the system itself.
6. These pressures upon the nervous system, however, cause a great many other disturbing conditions. For with the attempts of the system to supply sufficient circulation to affected parts under stress, some inconvenience is caused and some very disturbing conditions come to the extremities; especially as - at times - the feet, the soft tissue of the head and face, and the sensory system.
7. These are not always but become at times acute conditions.
8. As to the causes of these, then:
9. In the pyloric portion of the digestive system we find there has been that inclination for the swelling and closing, and at times lacerations. These have extended rather as cords, or the swelling of cords as it were, even to the upper portion or to the cardiac portion of stomach.
10. Hence we find the inclination for foods to at times react, without being acted upon by the gastric flows through the digestive forces of the system.
11. Hence we find disturbing conditions.
12. While these in the present are not of the nature that need to cause any GREAT alarm, we find that it is necessary to take precautions respecting same to prevent more serious disturbances later.
13. These precautions will be necessary as to diet, as to those things that would act with the bodily forces themselves; thus bringing to the system ease or relief.
14. First: We would use Olive Oil; not in a large quantity at a time, but a little sip of same should be taken several times a day. Take just a sip, not even half a teaspoonful; just so there is the activity of same upon not only the glands of the digestive system but the salivary glands and through the esophagus, the cardiac and throughout the stomach, by the reaction of the ABSORPTION of same, without becoming disturbing to the system. This will be most helpful, if taken in this manner.
15. Also we will find it most helpful to take an ounce and a half of Saffron tea in the evening, before the evening meal. It would be prepared in this manner: Put about a teaspoonful of the American Saffron to a pint of boiling water (or pour the boiling water over same) and let steep as ordinary tea. This may be kept in the refrigerator or ice box and preserved for several days.
16. When there is pain, it is well that there be taken - in half a glass of water - a teaspoonful of THIS mixture:

    Lime Water....................1 ounce,
Cinnamon Water................1 ounce,
Iodide of Potassium..........20 minims, (10% solution)
Bromide of Potassium.........30 minims. (10% solution)

    Take a dosage of this only when the pain is acute. This mixture should be prepared fresh every two or three weeks, and not kept longer than that.
17. We would also have at least twice a week for three to four weeks adjustments osteopathically, through specifically the areas from the 9th dorsal to the upper cervicals; and especially in the secondary cardiac plexus.
18. In the diet, then, we would refrain from any red meats or any strong drinks; that is, especially beer or hard drinks. Wine, especially red wine, may be taken in the late afternoon or evening - if taken more as a food than as a drink.
19. Beware of the combinations of starches. These become rather disturbing to the digestive forces.
20. If there is the tendency for a fullness or for the creating of gas through the stomach, or through the duodenum, after eating, then we would take a quarter or half a teaspoonful of Alcaroid in a glass of water. Take this after eating whenever there is the burning or the gas formation.
21. Do these, and we find that we will bring the better conditions for this body, Mr. [1568].
22. Ready for questions.
23. We are through for the present.

    Copy to Self
    Copy to Ass'n file
    Copy to Mme. [1554]

BACKGROUND

1. 4/08/38 Letter: "Mrs. [1554] has asked me to write this letter authorizing you to let her know what you can about my condition of health which has not yet been properly diagnosed by the several doctors I have seen."
2. 4/09/38 Mrs. [1554]'s letter: "Doctor says it is ulcer and we don't think so. What is it? What should the doctors look for? What causes the pains? What would be the treatment? Don't mention that I asked the question but if it is ulcer say so, or cancer."

REPORTS

1. 4/19/38 Mr. [1568]'s ltr. to EC:
   Mr. Edgar Cayce, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va.
   Dear Mr. Cayce:
   Thank you for your letter of April 14th, enclosing the reading which I requested and which certainly covers the general condition for which I have been treated.
   I have been to see Dr. Frank Dobbins, given him your memorandum and have had three treatments from him so far.
   I am following the course of treatment prescribed by you, and I am giving you on a separate page attached hereto a brief resume of my case history [see below].
   I have lost or mislaid the form of application for associate membership in the Association for Research and Enlightenment, Inc., for which I was recommended and sponsored by [Mme.] [1554], and I gathered from the pencil notation on this slip that she had paid $20.00 fee, and if you will send me a duplicate form, I will fill it out and return it to you.
   I also request that you let me have as promptly as possible a life reading, and I am enclosing herewith check to your order for $20.00 covering this. My reason for haste is that I am sailing for England on April 27th and should like to have this reading before I leave.
   Very truly yours, [1568]
   CASE HISTORY
   I am 51 years old and have had practically no illnesses since childhood, and in particular have never had any trouble with my stomach. I had one operation in 1936 for the removal of a non-malignant tumor from the left side of my chest, the tumor being above the muscles, under the skin; and I had a further operation in the same year on the maxillary antrum, having had what is known as a Caldwell-Luc operation, which consists of making an opening under the lip over the teeth and breaking through the bone into the antrum cavity, cleaning it out and making an opening from the antrum cavity into the nasal passage at the low point. Both of these operations were successful.
   On August 10, 1937, I had a very severe attack of pain, which was diagnosed as a spasm of the pylorus, and the diagnosis made at that time gave the cause as an inflammation of the gall bladder. The attack lasted for several days and was accompanied by some temperature, and at one point on the evening I first had the attack, I was given an injection of morphine. The condition had entirely cleared up by August 18th, but I was in bed from the 10th to the 15th, the only treatment being constant application of a warm electric pad to the affected area.
   On August 23rd, I had a gall bladder series of X-ray pictures taken, after taking some form of dye for the purpose, but apparently the dye did not get into the gall bladder, for the X-ray pictures did not show up the gall bladder.
   On August 30, 1937, I had a series of gastro-intestinal X-ray pictures taken after liquid barium had been taken, which disclosed nothing out of order in the stomach or intestinal tract.
   On October 4, 1937, I had a further severe attack, identical with the first, except that it lasted only forty minutes and had entirely subsided before a doctor could be reached.
   However, this doctor pronounced the attack as being gall bladder colic.
   On October 7, 1937, I had a complete physical check-up, from which the following may be of interest to you:
   "ABDOMEN, is somewhat obese. Today it is quite soft. There is no tenderness anywhere even on deep palpation. Murphy's maneuver negative. Moebius sign is negative. BACK is normal. GENITALIA, not remarkable. Hernial rings intact. RECTAL EXAMINATION is negative. Prostate is firm, not enlarged. EXTREMITIES, are entirely normal. REFLEXES are normal, very slightly hypo-active. Superficial responses are entirely normal.
   "CHEST SCREEN: Heart and lungs negative. Heart appears to be at the upper limits of normal in size.
   "WASSERMANN: Oct. 7, 1937, negative. Kahn & Kline negative.
   "SEDIMENTATION: Oct. 7, 1937. 6 mm. 1 hr. 15 min.
   "BLOOD COUNT: October 7, 1937. HGB. 16.6 gms. (17 gms. equals 100%) RBC. 5,170,000 WBC. 9,400. Polys 68% (Non fil. 3%). Lymphs 23%. Monos 6%. Eos. 3%.
   "URINALYSIS: October 7, 1937. a. m. concentrated specimen. Amber, cloud, acid reaction, sp. gr. 1,032. Albumen negative. Sugar negative. Occasional white blood cell. Numerous calcium oxalates crystals.
   "ICTERUS INDEX: 27 units. "STOOL: Dark brown, semi-formed, full of vegetable material (corn kernels). Iodine-eosin smears negative for cysts. Centrifuged specimen negative for cysts or ova. Starch cells numerous.
   "GASTRICANALYSIS: Oct. 11, 1937. Fasting volume 15 c.c. Lactic acid, plus two positive. Occult blood negative. Colorless appearance. Some mucus.
   FREE HCL. TOTAL ACIDITY
   Fasting 0 16 100 c.c. 7% alcohol ingested. 15 min. 0 22 30 min. 10 30 45 min. 19 48 60 min. 15 30 75 min. 8 20"
   On October 20, 1937, I had a further slight attack of what I understood to be gall bladder colic, and thereafter at intervals ranging from one to eighteen days, I have had up to the present forty-one attacks, varying in intensity, usually slight, lasting from ten to thirty minutes.
   Following the attack on August 10th, I went on what I was told was a gall bladder diet, which eliminated all fats, butter, bacon, cream, and all fried foods, and on November 22nd I commenced a three times a week exercise and massage course under the supervision of a masseur from Arthur McGovern's Health Institute. The diet, plus the exercise, has resulted in my weight being reduced from 196 to 170 pounds, with about five inches off my mid-section.
   I have not at any time felt sick, and as a matter of fact, except when having the actual attacks, felt as well as I have ever felt, but I kept trying to find out more about what was the matter with me, and on December 1st I swallowed a tube and had gall bladder siphoned out, the bile being analyzed and found to be quite normal, showing no pus or any evidences of inflammation.
   On January 11, 1938, I was examined by another doctor, who came to the conclusion that my trouble might have been caused by a uric acid stone in my kidney, this being one of the types of stones which would not show in an X-ray plate without first taking dye intravenously. I accordingly had x-ray pictures of my kidneys taken after the dye injection, which showed no kidney stones and the kidneys perfect in outline.
   On February 8th, I had a further gastro-intestinal series of X-ray pictures taken, and in this instance I quote from the report of Dr. H. M. Imboden his summary: "No evidence of an organic lesion of the stomach, which emptied normally.
   "Pressure films show a shadow which we regard as indicating the presence of an ulcer in the duodenum.
   "No gross distortion of the duodenum is observed.
   "No certain amount of stasis is observed in the colon. No evidence of disease of the colon is seen. There is an angulation in the proximal portion of the transverse colon which is freely movable, shows no evidence of adhesions and which does straighten out.
   "Slight incompetence of the ileocolic valve."
   On February 8th, and on eight other occasions up to March 31st, and always after at least two days' diet of nothing but eggs and milk, stool tests show positive reaction for occult blood, which you will note was not present in the test made on October 7, 1937.
   "On March 29th, I again swallowed a tube, to which was attached some cotton thread wrappings, the tube passing through the pylorus down to the gall bladder, the bile was again siphoned out and tests still showed no pus or evidences of inflammation (handwritten note: the threads however showed positive but faint occult blood). On the same date, a further attempt to get X-ray pictures of my gall bladder was made, I having taken the required dye for the purpose, but again X-ray pictures did not show the gall bladder, as once more the dye for some reason did not work on my gall bladder.
   On March 31st, I had a liver function test, done by Dr. Rhodes of the Rockefeller Institute Hospital. This report showed everything to be normal.
   From March 2nd up to the present, I have been on a diet of nothing but eggs, milk and oatmeal, this being prescribed in the belief that I have a duodenal ulcer, although my several doctors agree that I do not have the usual ulcer symptoms, and throughout the diet period mentioned above, I have had just as many attacks of pain I had had before in a similar period.
   I have only been following your recommendations since the evening of April 15th, on which date I had my last attack of pain, so that at the moment of writing I am unable to say whether or not a change for the better has occurred by reason of your recommendations.
2. 4/19/38 HLC's ltr. to EC: "...Called [1568] late this afternoon and went over there about 9. ...You certainly hit the nail on the head in his reading. Absolutely perfect. You know this by now as he sent you a case history - don't you wish they were all like it. He is so thorough.
   "...I thought I had been in nice homes but this apartment - well, I counted 10 rooms and am sure there must be that many more. Beautiful and natural to the people is the word. He is head of ... Steamship Co. [Not consciously known by EC at time of rdg. - see 1568-1, Par. 1]. Has office in ... Quite a line they say. Talked with Dobbins about him this afternoon. [1568] is following treatment to limit in smallest detail and quite tickled over the whole thing. A nice person..."
3. 4/19/38 He wired questions for a second Physical Reading.
4. 4/20/38 See 1568-2.

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