7/28/43 [
3083]'s ltr. to EC:
..., Mich.
Mr. Edgar Cayce
Dear Mr. Cayce:
Your reading, 11,892-C-A [3083-1] on the physical condition
of [
3083] suggests, in a postscript, that I send you a
history of my case to the time of the reading. I am doing it
in pencil as the most convenient means of getting a carbon
copy, in manuscript.
I explained to you in my previous letters that I have no
serious or critical ailments, only an accumulation of eight
or ten difficulties that seem to be minor though bothersome,
but some of which are of such nature that they may become
serious. I told you, before the reading, about ONE of these,
to which I desired that you pay particular attention - a
slightly enlarged prostate gland which seems to be irritable
and which interferes with my rest at night. Your reading
made specific recommendations for relief of this condition,
which I am proceeding to carry out in all particulars. I
have already had 3 treatments by Dr. Mickle, osteopathic
physician whom your reading mentioned as being acquainted
with your work. I have taken Upjohns Citrocarbonates, and
have written to the seed company in LaCrosse, Wisc. That you
mentioned, to procure a supply of Jerusalem artichoke. I
have faith in the statement made in your reading, that most
of my troubles stem from interference with blood supply
caused by nervous tensions that are due to wrong balance
between acid and alkalis in my chemical system, and faulty
elimination of waste material. Though my organs of
elimination have nearly always functioned regularly, I have
had reason to suspect that there was too long a period of
time elapsing between ingestion and elimination of my food.
But your reading was disappointingly vague or neglectful
about a number of my ailments. For example:
1. I have had an unoperated hernia since 1896, for which I
wear a truss. Conceivably it, or the truss, might be
responsible for some of my difficulties, and there is always
the possibility of strangulation of the hernia. Your reading
did not even discuss a hernia.
2. I have had a severe hissing in my ears for at least ten
years, for which I have had osteopathic treatment by an aural
specialist who is also an orthodox M.D. He ascribed the
hissing to hearing my own blood stream where it approaches
close to the ears, aggravated by roughnesses in the walls of
the arteries and high blood pressure. Your reading did not
discover any high blood pressure, but I cannot be too
critical about this, because my family physician could
discover it only occasionally, when I exerted myself
especially.
3. For many years I have had trouble with my skin, on which I
have used all the ointments employed by physicians, and
X-rays on several occasions, with only temporary relief. I
have reason to believe that the cause may be either allergy
or nervousness. But your reading did not mention any skin
trouble.
4. For some years I have had a chronic sinus infection which
makes me particularly susceptible to "colds" and is
bothersome at all times. For perhaps six months I had one
inoculation per week, of serum or antibody by an
otolaryngologist. Your reading might be construed as
covering this. Treatments seem to suppress but not to
eliminate it.
5. My eyes have troubled me ever since my high-school days in
1896, and I have to wonder whether they will serve until the
end of my life. Besides astigmatism, and the presbyopia due
to age, I have muscular imbalances that make me very
uncomfortable if I use my eyes for long periods. I would
like to know whether it will be possible to do, in comfort
all the reading and study in subjects outside my profession,
that I had deferred to the latter part of my life. Your
reading touched my eyes in only the most casual way.
6. Increasingly, as I get older, it becomes uncomfortable for
me to read or sit at my study table more than a few hours at
a time, due to lameness and ache in my neck and shoulders.
To alleviate this, I had a long series of osteopathic
treatments five or six years ago by the same Dr. Mickle to
whom you referred me, but the results were merely temporary.
Doing the same things, years ago, caused no such distress,
which limits my capacity to do the things I have laid out for
myself, as well as my pleasure in doing them. Possibly the
following of your general advice may improve this situation.
Anyway, the osteopathic treatments which you suggested seem
to be almost exactly the same as those which Dr. Mickle gave
me five years ago - which is significant.
7. Occasionally, perhaps twice a year, I have neuralgia or
neuritis, in which sharp pains or stabs appear in my ear and
my throat, and my scalp is sore on that same side of my head.
8. Several times a year, and without any apparent cause, I
have pain in my knee joints as I get up and sit down, or go
up and downstairs. For both 7 and 8 I use aspirin, and
presently the hurt disappears. Possibly both 7 and 8 will
disappear after I have done as your reading suggests, for a
long enough period.
Since I started this letter, Salzes Seed Co. has written that
Jerusalem artichokes are off the market until the new crop is
harvested in late September.
Faithfully yours [
3083]
10/01/45 He ordered the book, A SEARCH FOR GOD. GD.
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