This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 29th day of January, 1944, in accordance with request made by the self - through wife, new Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research and Enlightenment, Inc., recommended by [3268] and THERE IS A RIVER.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. (Notes read to and transcribed by Jeanette Fitch.) Harmon Bro.

TEXT

1. GC: You will go over this body carefully, examine it thoroughly, and tell me the conditions you find at the present time; giving the cause of the existing conditions, also suggestions for help and relief of this body; answering the question as I ask them:
2. EC: Yes. Conditions here as we find are rather serious, and yet if there is sufficient administration of the applications that may be suggested here, it should not necessarily be fatal in the immediate - even under the great strain and considering the age.
3. As we find, there are tendencies for activities where red blood is being destroyed by the excesses of the white blood supply. While these may cause some anxiety for a while, if these are done we will find that changes will come about and the body may be materially aided.
4. These are glandular disturbances.
5. We would begin taking internally two drops of Atomidine in half a glass of water before the morning meal. Every day increase the dose one drop until five drops can be taken.
6. Then leave off for five days, and commence again - but this time begin with five drops, gradually increasing the amount each day until ten drops are taken.
7. And here we may have a feeling of the heart being overactive, but keep the body quiet. Aud if this appears in the eighth or ninth, leave it off - but do keep massaging the body. Even if it becomes necessary to put the body in hot water, keep massaging the body - we will change the tide for the recuperative forces from these conditions.
8. The body will necessarily have to keep very quiet.
9. There should be taken a great deal of calves' liver, not too well cooked - just so the body can eat it, with all the blood that may be retained in same. Broil it, not fried - and don't even broil it too much.
10. Beef juice should be taken as medicine, not with the other foods but two, three, four times a day, all that the body will assimilate. Just sip it, not gulping it or taking a whole spoonful - but take a teaspoonful at a time, and let the body be at least two or three minutes in sipping this amount.
11. Give all the orange juice that the body can possibly take. Drink six to eight to ten glasses of orange juice a day.
12. Keep otherwise a normal diet, of course, that easily assimilated, but mostly all the liver and beef juice that can be assimilated, and the orange juice.
13. Ready for questions.
14. We are through with this reading.

    Copy to Wife - Air Mail Special
    Copy to Ass'n file
    Copy to Loose-leaf book in Library for indexing
    (See directions [which were enclosed] for preparing pure Beef Juice.
    Atomidine is distributed by The Atomidine Company, Att: Harold S. Bisey, 1326 St. Johns Place, Brooklyn, N.Y. It sells for $1.00 a bottle.)

BACKGROUND

1. 1/08/44 Wife's letter: "Through two friends of mine, Mrs. [3268] wife of a Baptist Minister [...] and Mrs. [3395], ...I had the opportunity of reading There Is A River. Recently my husband has become ill of a blood disorder of which the doctors do not know the cause and for which they say there is no known cure. They say he has only a few weeks to live. Naturally we turn to the source of help in which we have the greatest faith... If he is to be helped it must be quickly as he is failing very rapidly..."
2. 1/23/44 Wife's letter: "My talking with you on the telephone last night was surely an answer to our prayers that you might help my husband...because of the sincerity of your work we are sure that God has led us to you. My husband is 67 years old. The doctors have discovered his bad blood condition, and excessive white count. Until his recent loss of a great deal of weight he has always seemed in excellent health excepting that he has a large diverticulum in his esophagus. Doctors tell him this excessive white count means that he has lymphatic leukemia for which there is no known cure and they give him no hope whatsoever. Two doctors have said he should live not over sixty days. Both my husband and I believe in the Divine Force innate in each individual and we pray that some circumstance may make it possible for you to give him an emergency Physical Reading at once..."

REPORTS

1. 2/02/44 Wife's letter: "...Thanks for the special Air Mail... We immediately began following the suggestions to the letter as far as we understood them, excepting the Atomidine treatment which will be given as soon as the bottle ordered ...arrives... The Reading seems wonderful to us and my husband feels as if he has a new lease on life. I, myself, have continued in a state of elation and spiritual uplift at being a link (however tiny) in the chain. We both do sincerely appreciate what you did in giving this emergency Reading. Words cannot express our thanks to you. However, it is a matter of regret to both of us that the Reading did not mention the large diverticulum in my husband's esophagus and give suggestions for treatment. This diverticulum is also serious and may be affecting the glands of his throat and thus causing the glandular disturbance mentioned in your Reading. Here are a few questions which I must ask in regard to carrying out the suggestions in your Reading. After the 15 day Atomidine treatment, should any more be taken at any time? Or is this the end of the giving of this medicine? Should there be any noticeable result from taking the Atomidine other than the effect upon the heart? Is the heart always effected by its use? Should the suggested massage commence at once - how often - at what time of day, morning or night - daily or oftener? Is beef liver a good substitute for calf's liver in case we cannot get the latter? As we are not now having any doctor but are depending entirely upon you, should we not have readings by you from time to time?..."
2. 2/22/44 Wife's letter: "This morning my husband took ten drops of Atomidine, according to the instructions in your psychic reading... In that reading there were no instructions as to any more Atomidine to be taken and we are at a loss to know what to do next... Perhaps I should have understood that a check reading is necessary... There has been no increase in heart activity."
3. 3/06/44 Letter: "...The suggestion in the psychic reading of Jan. 29th left us uncertain as to how long to continue the Atomidine. We have not consulted a physician because the only hope given us was that possibly an operation on the diverticulum might change the blood condition. We are anxiously waiting for the check reading and will certainly report to you when we are sure that we have fully carried out the instructions given through your psychic reading. Our faith has grown steadily stronger and we are confident that God is using you in answer to our prayer. I should like to tell you that since I asked for the emergency psychic reading, I have felt the urge to pray for you many times a day. In fact I recalled when I learned the hour in which you had given the reading for my husband, that I had been praying for you especially all that morning. Of course my spiritual attitude helped - the reading fitted the case so well, as far as we know. However, why the diverticulum in the esophagus was not mentioned is the question we feel needs answering. Every morning from 9 o'clock CWT until 12, I pray often for you."
4. 3/07/44 Wife's letter: "...We at once began the treatment and followed carefully all directions. We still continue the 10 glasses of orange juice a day, the liver and the beef juice. We stopped the Atomidine after the 10 drop dose because we were in doubt as to what to do further about it. As soon as we have completed the Atomidine treatment we will have a blood count and report to you. As you may know from letters I wrote, Mr. Cayce, one doctor suggested a possibility that the diverticulum in his esophagus might cause the glandular disturbance. Hoping you will understand our sympathetic understanding of how people are pressing you folks for readings but that you will also appreciate the seriousness of my appeal for a check reading..."
5. 3/27/44 Wife's letter: "...My husband's mental attitude towards many things in life has made all the difference in the world in our home. He has always worried about his health until since your psychic reading. He has drunk eight or ten glasses of orange juice daily, eaten broiled liver twice a day and taken the beef juice and the Atomidine and has gained in weight during these weeks. In other words he has had such confidence in the reading and in the spiritual phase of the cure that he is a different person. His critical, skeptical attitude has gone. He believes where he was doubting God's good will towards us all. Our only son, 20 years old, was taken from us in 1929 - which had a very great effect upon his faith... I thought you would be glad to know your help is being received gratefully and that your kindness towards us is truly appreciated."
6. 4/11/44 Questions submitted besides those which got asked at end of his second Physical Reading presented by wife:
   1. What is the condition of the body as compared with the condition at the time of the first Reading, January 29? 2. What is the cause of the excessive white count in the blood? 3. Does the diverticulum in the esophagus have anything to do with this blood condition? 4. The diverticulum is gradually increasing in size. What should be done about it? (a) Leave it alone? (b) Operate? By whom? Where? (c) Treat it with medicine or otherwise? If so, please give complete directions. 5. What causes the lumps which come and go in the neck, under the arm, and in the groin? 6. Does the diverticulum, by irritating the lymphatic glands in the neck, cause the excessive white count in the blood? 7. In the Reading of January 29, directions were given to drink six to eight to ten glasses of orange juice daily. This has been done regularly up to date. Should this be continued? 8. This large quantity of orange juice daily causes looseness of the bowels. If it is to be continued what should be done about this looseness? 9. Calves' liver was also suggested in the Reading. Should this be continued and how long? 10. Calves' liver is difficult to get and it is also very distasteful to me. Is there a liver extract which may be substituted? If so, where can it be obtained? 11. Should the home made beef juice suggested in the first Reading be continued? Is there any beef extract which may be substituted? If so, where may it be obtained? 12. In the Reading on January 29, Atomidine was suggested as follows: two drops in half a glass of water before the morning meal. Every day increase until five drops can be taken - then leave off for five days and commence again with five drops, increasing to ten drops. Should this be continued?
   (This has been continued since the Reading was received, always leaving off for five-day periods at the end of the ten-drop morning - commencing after five days with five drops and continuing etc. Should this be kept up and how long? This is very important for me to know. Please give instructions explicitly.)
   13. The instructions for massaging the body seemed indefinite and as there has been no increased heart activity, no massaging has been given. Should massage be given anyway? 14. How quiet should I be, during what period?

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