This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 14th day of April, 1944, in accordance with request made by the self - Mrs. [4085], new Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research and Enlightenment, Inc., by daughter.

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

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 questions, as I ask them.
2. EC: Yes.
3. As we find, the conditions here have reached those stages where there is no control of the voluntary nerve flexes from brain to the locomotory centers, except when the body has lost its consciousness. This indicates how and where those activities are disturbing in the body, in the patches of the emunctory circulation that control coordination between sympathetic and cerebrospinal nerve systems.
4. There is then the lack of stamina in the supply of those tendencies or energies that replenish through the glandular forces and to nerve force.
5. We find that the body may be aided. As to whether the condition will be entirely relieved or not, after such long periods and the activities that have contributed to the causes here, will depend upon mental attitude and the application of this in the body-forces.
6. We would apply here the low vibrations of the Wet Cell Appliance carrying into the system vibratorially one day the Chloride of Gold Solution (in the proportions of one grain Chloride of Gold Sodium to each ounce of distilled water and use at least three ounces) and the next day the Nitrate of Silver Solution (in the proportions of an ounce of a 2% solution and sufficient grain alcohol to make three ounces).
7. The Appliance would be made with a little stronger charge than ordinary; using - to the gallon and a half of rain or distilled water:

   Copper Sulphate.............2 pounds,
Sulphuric Acid C.P......1 1/4 ounces,
Zinc........................6 drams,
Willow Charcoal...........1/2 pound.

   Make separate connections or attachments to the Appliance, for each solution. Disconnect these when not in use, and connect at least twenty minutes before the Appliance is to be attached to the body. Do remove the connections from the solutions when not in use.
8. Attach the Appliance each day for half an hour, one day using the Gold Solution, the next day using the Silver Solution.
9. Each day the large nickel plate, through which the Solution passes vibratorially, would be attached to the lacteal duct and umbilical plexus, which on this body will be the width of four fingers from the navel center to the right and three fingers up from that point.
10. When using the Gold Solution, the small copper plate would be attached to the 9th dorsal plexus.
11. When using the Silver Solution, attach the small plate to the brachial center.
12. Every thirty days recharge the Appliance and change both Solutions.
13. Each day when removing the Appliance, give the body a thorough massage from the tips of the toes towards the body, from the tips of fingers to the body, and on both hands and both limbs. Then begin at the first cervical and massage on each side of the spine downward. From the toes massage upward to the 9th dorsal, in a rotary motion around the limbs, and the same way along each side of the spine. For such massaging use this combination of oils:

    Olive Oil...................2 ounces,
Peanut Oil..................2 ounces,
Lanolin (melted)..........1/4 ounce.

14. Do these consistently and we should bring much improvement to the body. If there is that attitude of bringing help and of keeping helpful forces through the periods when the applications are made, we may eradicate almost entirely this deficiency that is called the Parkinson's Disease.
15. Ready for questions.
16. (Q) How can control of bladder be regained?
    (A) The massages will aid, as well as the electrical vibrations as soon as there are the reflexes from that carried into the body to aid in controlling the organs.
17. (Q) Will the mental cloudiness be relieved?
    (A) It should be found to be improving in less than three months.
18. (Q) What causes Parkinson's Disease?
    (A) Read what has just been indicated.
19. (Q) Is it transmissible?
    (A) It is a tendency that is created in the body and may, then, become a hereditary condition.
20. We are through with this reading.

    Copy to Daughter
    Copy to Ass'n file
    (4/14/44 GD's note: See extra sheet of directions [which was enclosed] and article explaining theory of Wet Cell Appliance.)

BACKGROUND

1. 7/19/43 Daughter's letter: "Our pastor, Mr. Allen L. Bowe, introduced us to the work of Mr. Edgar Cayce. We are greatly interested in this work and are seeking physical aid for my mother, Mrs. [4085]. I am giving you a picture of her condition, and if you feel that Mr. Cayce might help her, she'll be delighted to become an Associate Member in this organization.
   "[4085] has what is known to science as Parkinson's Disease (paralysis agitans). This is a progressive disease of the central nervous system. The symptoms are: tremor, slowness of movement, stolid staring face, head and body bent forward, and hesitant speech. The treatment she has been receiving consists of short-wave treatment of a portion of the spinal cord, osteopathic treatment twice weekly, vitamins and Bellabulgara.
   "Would it be necessary for Mrs. [4085] to be in Virginia Beach for a reading, or might she remain at her home in ..., Pennsylvania? We wish to do that which will bring the very best results...
   "Please address any further communication to : Mrs. [4085] ..., Pa.
   "Please send one copy of 'Edgar Cayce, His Life And Work'..."
2. 10/28/43 Daughter's letter to EC: "Would it be possible for Mrs. [4085] to have her physical reading very soon? She is scheduled to have it in April, but we fear that might be too late. I thought perhaps there would be a cancellation in your schedule and that you might be willing to fit her in. My mother, [4085], is in the hospital now, recovering from a flare-up of Parkinson's Disease. For a while, we did not expect her to live. Now the doctor thinks she will recover from this attack, but he says other attacks may follow and any one could take her very suddenly.
   "We will appreciate anything you can do to speed up her reading..."
3. 4/10/44 Daughter's letter to EC: "Mrs. [4085], whose reading is scheduled for April 14th from 3:30 to 4:30 EWT, is now in the ... Hospital, Washington, D.C. I am uncertain where she will be at the time of the reading, but if not still at the hospital, she will be at my home, ... Washington, D.C.
   "The questions I am submitting for her reading are as follows":
   1. What causes Parkinson's Disease? 2. Can the disease be cured? If so, how? 3. If it cannot be cured, can it be held in check? If so, how? 4. Is Parkinson's Disease transmissible? If so, how? What preventive steps should be taken? 5. How can the mental cloudiness and confusion accompanying the disease be relieved? 6. How can control of the bladder be regained?...
4. 4/13/44 EC's wire to [4085]'s daughter: "Wire exact address where mother will be at hour of reading."
5. 4/14/44 Daughter's wire: "Mrs. [4085] will be at ..., Washington, D.C. at hour of her reading, Friday 3:30 to 4:30 EWT."

REPORTS

1. 7/24/44 EC's letter to Mrs. [4085]'s daughter: "In answer to your request of July 20th, we enclose herewith a copy of your mother's physical reading.
   "Since such copy work adds to the already heavy burden of the office staff, there is a charge of $1.00 for this copy.
   "Hoping that we may be of real service..."
2. 12/13/44 Daughter's letter to EC: "I am enclosing $1.00 which I have owed you for some time for a duplicate copy of Mrs. [4085]'s physical reading, which was given April 14, 1944.
   "I am afraid we are not giving Mother the Wet Cell treatments correctly because we find the directions hard to understand. I am afraid we are not attaching the plates to the right parts of the body. The directions for the attachment of the large nickel plate are very clear. They read: 'Each day the large nickel plate, through which the Solution passes vibratorially, would be attached to the lacteal duct and umbilical plexus, which on this body will be the width of four fingers from the navel center to the right and three fingers up from that point.' Then the reading says 'When using the Gold Solution, the small copper plate would be attached to the 9th dorsal plexus.' Where is that found? We have been counting up from the bottom to find the 9th rib. Should we start counting from the top? The reading goes on to say, 'When using the Silver Solution, attach the small plate to the brachial center.' We have been attaching it to that hollow place in the neck between the collar bones, believing that to be the brachial center. Please tell me whether we have located the 9th dorsal plexus and the brachial center correctly.
   "Please note the change in our address..."
3. 12/18/44 GD's note: I sent card referring her to Dr. Lulu Irene Waters.

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