This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 115 West 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va., this 17th day of September, 1929, in accordance with request made by her mother, Mrs. [5423], via Messrs. [257] and [5417].

Present: Edgar Cayce; Mrs. Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mrs. [5423], Mrs. Strauss, Mrs. Rome, Mrs. Solomon, L. B. Cayce and others. Duchess County,

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1. EC: Have plenty of grapes!
2. [Pause] Yes, we have the body here, [2884]. Now we find there are conditions with the physical forces of this body - these are rather unusual, for there are those conditions in the vibratory forces of the body in which there has, does refuse to be the proper coagulating elements in the blood supply. Now, these conditions have acted in such a manner as to bring many VARYING things or conditions - yet, as WE see, these may be entirely changed, and the normalcy brought to this body, [2884] we are speaking of. These, then, are the conditions as we find them with this body:
3. IN THE BLOOD SUPPLY, here we find the apparent cause or seat of the trouble. While there are elements as go to make up this condition, even from the structural portion of the body, or the bone and sinew and marrow, that has to do with the elements of the blood as are affected in various portions of the system, and the functioning of the blood in its various activities IN the body - for while the blood is the life giving factor from that as is assimilated by the body, it must go through that form or process within the body itself for the USE of same in building, in replenishing, or in resuscitating life giving forces. Peculiarly to this body, we find most of the FUNCTIONING of organs themselves near normal. Some more accentuated than others, but that plasm necessary in the elements and constituents of the bloodstream to prevent those cells in the lymph and capillary circulation from carrying poisons out of the system through these channels, and for the system to carry on properly in the replenishing, so that the rebuilding and the destructive forces - that are ever active in a living organism - is carried on in its NORMAL, or through the normal or nominal channels. Hence we see the varied and various conditions as are PRODUCED in portions of the system, through this attempt of the body to eliminate in the IMPROPER manner those forces and coagulation NOT taking place in the proper manner, throws same to the capillary and lymphatic circulation.
4. Then, the cause or the seat of this, we find, comes from that (this is physically speaking) - inability of those organs with the structural portion of system to replenish or to throw from the system that NECESSARY for this activity to take place normally in the body.
5. Now, the organs of the system, as have been given, function near normal - save the liver and those of the lacteal ducts, that carry the chyle, or assist in that assimilating of the properties in the system that will carry ON those NECESSARY functionings for the system to replenish its blood supply, that it may build properly in the body.
6. The NERVE system very good, CONSIDERING the condition as exists - as is also the sensory nerve system, or the brain forces and the functioning of the organs with same.
7. Then, to meet the needs of these conditions at this present time:
8. In the cycle of the body's development, these conditions must be considered in the light of the changes as are taking place, and as will take place in the system as it develops. Necessarily, this will require some time - eight to ten, to fourteen weeks - then CHANGES as will and must occur must be met as the changes come about. Changing of the vibratory forces in the system will be the manner in which these are to be met.
9. We would, then, prepare for THIS body, as this:
10. First we would make this as a solution: Take Plantain leaves and root 6 ounces. Put into 16 ounces of distilled water. Reduce by simmering, retaining the steam in same, until there is not more than 6 ounces. Strain off and allow to cool. Then prepare the wet battery, that would nominally charge itself - that of the acid battery, and place same (this solution as has been made of the Plantain) suspended in the battery, and charge same until the discharge is at least three and one-half ohms. These, then, will be applied to the body through the charges from the anode. The copper anode shall be made the positive, or the small plate. The nickel anode shall be made the larger plate. These are to be attached to the body at the wrist and at the ankle - that is, one one day, one the next, with the first - or the copper anode plate, and the negative anode plate to be attached to the umbilicus, or just above and to the right, so that the vibratory forces as are created by this charge and discharge from the system will apply directly to those vibrations created in the central portion of the system.
11. Then, we would prepare THIS as an applicant to those abrasions, sores or distresses as come to the exterior portion of the body:
12. Take, of the Plantain leaves and seed, at least 8 ounces, and take 8 ounces of pure cream. Not that that has soured, but sweet cream. Boil, or stew these together, until they are near a paste. Use these (with the leaves and seed, as is bruised before they are put in the solution) as an applicant, and while these are being applied to the body use those manipulations osteopathically applied, that will bring the proper coordination of the central, the cerebro-spinal, the solar plexus, the brachial plexus, the lumbar plexus. These, we find, will be NECESSARY for the first six weeks of treatments.
13. Do that. Then we will give the further changes for this body - for this body may be made PERFECTLY whole. Ready for questions.
14. (Q) Will the body be permanently cured of the abrasions?
    (A) As has just been given.
15. (Q) Does coming in contact with flowers, feathers or furs have any effect on this body?
    (A) It does! for there are the radiations from every form of life, and as the plasms as have to do with coagulation are positive, and these of flowers or of any of the pollens that come from same, or vibrations, are negative - then they produce irritation.
16. (Q) What diet is best for the body?
    (A) Blood and nerve building. A well BALANCED diet. Not too much of the activities of either those of acid or alkaline, but WELL balanced.
17. (Q) Are her brain forces normal?
    (A) They are above normal! The body is GOOD in this direction! It's the vibratory forces, as is seen in the blood supply - and this comes from the plasm itself, from which gestation begins in the body.
18. (Q) When the body starts her menstrual period, will that effect a change for the better?
    (A) Not NECESSARILY, unless the vibrations are changed - it would rather be the OTHER way, for the strain NATURALLY on the system through such a period, while changing naturally the vibratory rates of the system during such periods, MUST work a greater hardship, and would make more detrimental, IN that the blood would have less of the REBUILDING forces, or ENERGY for the body.
19. (Q) When will this occur?
    (A) Changes should be brought in the body before it DOES occur! This should occur through its natural courses, or in two to three years.
20. (Q) Is the body being treated properly?
    (A) Dependent upon what would be termed properly! for we have given the correct treatments for the body to bring the normal forces!
21. (Q) Would the body improve by remaining where it is now? and is it receiving proper care there?
    (A) The care is very good. Those properties necessary to bring proper vibration are not being given!
22. (Q) What causes the acute vomiting at times?
    (A) Just that as has been explained, as to that which has to do with the assimilations as occur, especially with those of the glands that have to do with assimilation - ESPECIALLY the lacteal glands, or those that digest certain foods for the body, and are only called into use at the period - when these empty themselves back into the system for the blood supply - it also pushes out, or causes expulsion, or convulsion in the stomach proper, or through the duodenum and up.
23. (Q) What causes discoloration under eyes?
    (A) So much strain on the whole blood supply!
24. (Q) Is the close blood relationships of the parents the cause of the body's illness?
    (A) Not necessarily so. This MIGHT occur in any condition where the blood plasm were of such natures. That's why the blood should be tested for all of those who would wed, or who would bring those into being - so far as physical forces are concerned.
25. (Q) Are the intercostal nerves at fault?
    (A) They are weakened, but not wholly at fault. Rather those of the plasm cells as have to do with assimilation, as related to the blood supply and to the soft portions in the joint and marrow of the bone. For well has it been given, that conditions may so apply as to become dividing asunder, even to the joint and marrow. That doesn't mean PHYSICALLY! but rather that of the INTERNAL FORCES of the individual, see?
    Do as we have given here, and we may give more. We are through for the present.

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BACKGROUND

1. Born 5/03/19 in N.Y.C.?

REPORTS

1. 10/31/31 See 2884-2.
2. 5/09/57 Newspaper article from the Ledger-Dispatch and Star, Thurs., Norfolk-Portsmouth, Va. [in re 2884-1, Par. 24-A]:
   IT'S YOUR BODY OPPOSING BLOOD FACTORS AFFECT ONLY ONE IN 20 By James W. Barton, M.D.
   Erythroblastosis is a disease of the newborn which is acquired while the baby is in the uterus. It occurs when there is a difference between the blood group of the mother and that of her unborn child. A few but not all of such mothers will build up antibodies against the red cells in her unborn child. The fetus has a different blood group from the mother because of characteristics which it has inherited from the father. The antibodies in a mother thus sensitized pass across the placenta (the organ on the wall of the uterus to which the unborn infant is attached) and injure the red cells in the blood of the fetus. The disease is due to the extremely short life and rapid breakdown of these damaged red cells.
   In the most severe cases, the fetus will be stillborn. They are characteristically pale and puffy. A few of these may be born alive. Typically most cases develop rapidly deepening jaundice within a few hours after birth. This is frequently associated with enlargement of the liver and spleen. Some are mild cases which are not detected at birth but who may develop severe anemia about one or two months of age.
   The red blood cells of 85 per cent of white people, regardless of sex, have a blood type known as Rh positive. The remaining 15 per cent are Rh negative. These blood types are inherited. In almost all of the severe cases of this type of disease in the newborn, the mother is Rh negative and her infant (having inherited the characteristics of the father) is Rh positive. In about 13 per cent of marriages in whites, the husband is Rh positive and the wife is Rh negative. However, only about one in 20 or 25 of such matings will produce infants with erythroblastosis. The disease occurs about once in every 200 pregnancies.
   BEFORE BIRTH, laboratory investigation of a mother's blood can determine whether or not she is Rh negative. If she should prove to be so, the presence or absence of the antibodies which destroy the infant's red blood cells can be found out. The death rate in infants with this disease who are untreated or inadequately treated may be as high as 50 per cent. With prompt and effective treatment, providing the infant is born alive, the death rate may be reduced to less than 5 per cent. This is done by giving the infant a replacement transfusion of blood as soon after birth as possible, preferably within two hours. Repeated replacement transfusion should be done if necessary. Jaundice in the first 24 hours of life is the most important sign that this disease is present but it is unwise to wait for this sign if the mother is known to be sensitized. The properly treated infant will develop as a perfectly normal individual.
   Investigation before birth is the key to the problem. All women having their first infant should be tested as to whether they are Rh negative or positive. In all except the mildest cases, replacement transfusion is the treatment of choice and repeated if necessary.
3. 8/01/77 Newspaper article from the Virginian-Pilot, Monday:
   RH DISEASE: CURE AT LAST By David Zinman Washington Post News Service
   NEW YORK-Less than a generation ago, Rh disease threatened the lives of tens of thousands of babies born to parents with different Rh blood types. Women with Rh negative blood whose husbands had Rh positive blood were haunted by the possibility that the biological incompatibility would lead to death or permanent affliction of their offspring.
   But now, nearly all those same parents can have normal, healthy babies if the parents take appropriate action. Researchers have developed a safe and effective vaccine.
   "I would characterize the clinical use of this (vaccine) as a genuine medical breakthrough," said Dr. Frederick Miller, acting chairman of the pathology department of the State University at Stony Brook, on Long Island.
   Amazingly, it took less than 25 years from the time that scientists discovered the cause of Rh disease in 1939 to the time when teams of researchers developed the vaccine in 1961. It was first tested on mothers in 1964 and made commercially available in 1968.
   All human blood is either Rh negative or Rh positive. That term refers to the absence or presence of the Rh factor - a protein on the surface of the red blood cell, so named because scientists first observed it in the rhesus monkey.
   Among Caucasians, about 85 per cent have the protein. They are Rh positive. The other 15 per cent who lack it are Rh negative. Among blacks, about 95 per cent are Rh positive.
   The blood typing of an Rh negative woman becomes important when she is pregnant and her husband is Rh positive. The child of such parents can be either Rh negative or Rh positive. But when the baby is Rh positive, the baby's life is potentially endangered.
   The danger comes from the fact that some of the baby's "positive" blood enters the mother's "negative" bloodstream during the birth process. The mother's body defenses then go to work. In much the same way that her immune system protects her from disease, it identifies the baby's positive blood cells as a "foreign" menace and produces antibodies.
   There is almost never a threat to the first baby because its red blood cells usually do not enter the mother's blood stream, causing the formation of the antibodies, until the child is leaving the uterus at birth. (The first child of the Rh incompatible couple is affected less that .5 per cent of the time.)
   But the antibodies become a permanent part of the mother's blood supply. So if she becomes pregnant again and that baby is also Rh positive, her antibodies will cross over to the fetus and attack and destroy the unborn baby's Rh positive red cells - just as if they were attacking a virus in the mother's system.
   If the baby survives, it will be born an Rh baby, with anemia or jaundice or brain damage, and requiring extensive medical care.
   In 1961, scientists at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center here and in Liverpool developed a specially prepared Rh immune globulin, called RhoGAM, which is injected into an Rh negative mother within 72 hours after she has delivered an Rh positive baby. (Possibly, the Rh injection would be as effective if given at 96 hours, or even a week. But the first study showed that it works within 72 hours and no researchers have tested it beyond that time span.)
   That Rh vaccine serves as a neutralizer. It prevents the mother's natural defense system from recognizing the baby's blood cells now in her own body as foreign. So no antibodies are produced, and the foreign cells are simply cleared from her system, passing out through the urine or perspiration, or are stored in the liver.
   Each time she delivers, aborts or miscarries an Rh positive baby, however, an Rh negative mother must get another injection of the Rh antibody preparation. If she neglects to do that, or if she accidentally is transfused with Rh positive blood (and does not get Rh injections), her antibodies cannot be neutralized. In such cases, doctors have to resort to methods used before the discovery of the Rh vaccine, according to Dr. Jahangir Ayromlooi of Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center. Those methods include premature delivery, and even transfusions to the fetus in the uterus. Sometimes, transfusions are given right after birth.
   Ayromlooi, who heads the division of maternal and fetal medicine, said that RhoGAM is not absolutely effective.
   "There are a few cases where the amount of positive red blood cells the baby gives the mother is so great that they will all not be neutralized by one injection of RhoGAM."
   But the failure rate - the number of babies born with Rh disease after the mothers have been injected - is only between 1 and 1.5 per cent at his hospital. And he says that reflects national trends.

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