Edgar Cayce Readings, 4438-1

(Physical Suggestion)

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EC: Yes, we have those conditions that disturb the physical functioning of the body in the present. As we find, there are disturbing forces in the physical functioning of the body. These, as we find, are rather subtle in their nature, for there has been gradually builded that which has unbalanced the system in its abilities to eliminate those used forces when these have become excessive in portions of the system. This, as we find, has allowed those conditions that have become rather specific in their nature to come about, until we have in the present a condition of specific nature that causes distress, uneasiness, and a warring within the physical abilities of the body. These are produced (that is, the first causes) by the lack of those elements for the functioning of the glands that are called ductless in their nature. Hence there becomes, with an excess alkali surroundings, an excess of potash in the system, which - combined with too much protein elements, as from meat and greases - makes for this excess. Hence, when there arose a filling of the glands and ducts in the mammary glands, through irritation these produced an excess of diffused or refused forces in the system. These not being eliminated, there has been brought about a blind tumor (that is, open only at one end). In the present, as we find, this is existent in the left breast, though irritations are manifest in many portions of the system - but do not cause a general distress at the present.
In meeting the needs of the conditions to eliminate same from the system, as we find, two propositions or conditions confront the body:
An operation or a consistent and persistent treatment that would absorb same, if there will be provided in the system those necessary elements to make a balancing of the system in the elements that are fundamental for the body to make coagulation, absorption and elimination, take place without the operation.
As to the conditions that would confront the body from operative measures:
Were this to be done, it should be done the sooner the better; that is, PROVIDED tbe body has been given sufficient time to prepare and CLEANSE the system so that these forces about the condition in breast will segregate sufficiently as to not produce any bad after effects; so building up the blood supply as to be able to insure proper and quick coagulation in the healing of such a condition, or the operative measures. This would require that there be the abstaining from meats, butters, or any heavy oils, until there is builded from the blood building material those elements that are not tumorous in their reaction in any sense. Or, the diet should be away from meats, greases, or any excess of tuberous vegetables. Rather leafy vegetables, and those that will carry a great deal of nerve and blood resistance forces, and a great deal of plasm and urea building in the blood supply. If such preparation is made, it would be well for the operation to be done.
However, if the proper precautions are taken, we find, there needs NOT be the operation - provided the condition is taken at this stage; though, if this is to be NEGLECTED in ANY part, or portion, then don't commence it! for it would only retard the condition, and then the last stages would be worse than were there the operative measures in the present. If there is to be the consistent and persistent efforts to absorb the condition WITHOUT the operation, then we would do these:
Eliminate from the diet all fats, meats, heavy oils of any kind.
Keep the eliminations through the intestinal tract high, by the use of vegetable forces and fluids that do not DRAIN the system but that gently add resistance and the proper balancing of blood supply.
We would add to the forces in the system through medicinal properties of the iodine that may be absorbed in the system, or Atomidine. Take eight drops in a glass of water twice each day for a ten day period, resting five days, then begin again. Continue this for three or four months, or until there is DETERMINED as to whether this is being effective (that is, of course, provided this course is to be pursued).
Also take Animated Ash, that LOOSENS the oxygen within the system so that the absorption of same through its course throughout the body is highly efficient, and will take from the system those properties that now produce this CHARACTER of condition in system. The dose would be one-quarter grain three times each week. Empty the powdered ash on tongue and swallow down with half a glass of water. Do not take the ash IN the capsule!
Thirty minutes after taking the ash, apply the ultra-violet in the area of the cerebrospinal from which that portion of the body receives its impulse - that is, in the area of the 3rd, 4th and 6th dorsal, see? and not direct to the abrasion or the lump, or the tumor, that exists at the present.
The breast, or lump, may be massaged GENTLY - not bruised, to be sure, but gently massaged - with a mixture of one-quarter ounce of Iodex and one-quarter grain of the Animated Ash. Gently massage this once each day. Protect this by the use of hare fur, or the like, over same - with a gauze in between the fur and the skin. The VIBRATION from this is excellent for a tumor, and DISSIPATES same - if the system is HIGHLY eliminative in its activity, which it becomes with an excess of iodic effect in the blood stream. This iodic effect, with an activity of greases or too great protein (or meats), will be more harmful than helpful. As also would be an excess of potatoes, or beets, or such. Rather use leafy vegetables, with celery, carrots, turnips occasionally (especially the tops), cabbage, fruits and nuts. These would be well to keep the body well balanced, but do not include walnuts or pecans in these! Almonds, Brazilian nuts, cashew nuts, and the like, are well. Almonds, especially.
This carried out, we would find that in three to five months the condition should be dried up entirely. If it is going to be neglected, then the operative measures should be taken; but with the whole of these carried sincerely, prayerfully - the diet and all the active forces for the system - then this, as we find, would be the better means; for the conditions are such that, UNLESS the system IS prepared, the operative measures would NOT be effective except in STAYING same, while the other would be a cure for same!
Ready for questions.
(Q) How far from the body should the ultra-violet be placed?
(A) About thirty-four inches if hand lamp is used. Thirty-eight to forty inches if the heavy lamp is used. This would be from two and a half to three minutes, thirty minutes after the dosage of ash is taken.
Take the normal amount of exercise, and - as far as possible - FORGET about the condition! for we will dry it up, if we will do this! If the treatment is not to be adhered to, then the sooner the body is prepared for the operative measures the better - but, if this course is pursued, be sure from the blood test that coagulation is as near equally balanced as possible before the operation is undertaken.
We are through for the present.
Copy to Husband
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BACKGROUND

7/05/32 Husband's letter:
..., Texas
Mr. Edgar Cayce; Virginia Beach, Virginia
Dear Mr. Cayce;
I have received your answer to my inquiry as to a reading for my wife also the application blanks which we have filled out I hope correctly. Enclosed you will find money order for Ten Dollars as part payment on the reading. Am very glad that I can make this in two payments as I am very short of money at present, but will send balance as soon as possible.
Dr. Sessums of San Angelo, Texas made an examination of my wife and said that she had a tumor in the left breast and advised the removal of the breast as soon as possible.
I would like to know if this is true?
If so is an operation necessary?
If you advise an operation, where would you advise her to go to have it done?
Is there any treatment to avoid an operation? If so what would you advise?
Or where could she go to get it?
I hope that these questions are all that are required as outside of this breast trouble she is in good health.
Any information or advise that you can give on this case will be deeply appreciated, as I have all the trust in the world in you as I know what you did for my Mother [5421] when she was at Comyn, Texas.
Sincerely yours [...]

REPORTS

7/12/32 EC's letter:
Mr. [...] ..., Texas
My dear Mr. [...]
We are enclosing the information gotten for Mrs. [4438]. I believe you will find this very explicit. While it is left up to you and your wife to make the decision, if she will be persistent and consistent there is offered a way to rid the body of this trouble without the operation. However, I do not feel you would be justified in following this course unless it is possible for her to get every bit of the treatment suggested. The only thing I see that would be any trouble would be getting the lights three times a week after taking the ash. Everything else is a matter of routine. if I hadn't seen several cases of similar conditions treated in this manner and cured, I would be very juberous [dubious?] in suggesting that you undertake this - and I wouldn't suggest it unless you make up your mind to be very consistent.
The Ash may be obtained from B. H. Bradley, 5443 Maryland Ave., Chicago, Ill. Order it in the quarter-grain capsules.
Your local druggist may not have the Atomidine in stock; if not, he can order it direct from Schieffelin & Co., New York, who are the distributors. I think it can be obtained through any of the wholesale drug companies.
Then, the whole question would be as to whether she would conform very rigidly to the diet and follow out the light treatments. If you find she can't do this, my advice would be to make preparations for the operation, though - even for this - she should have considerable treatment before the operation would be undertaken.
Now, I'll be very anxious to hear from you as to what your decision is, and after she has taken this for two or three rounds of the suggested treatment (if she decides on this course), I would like to check on the case and see just how she is getting along; also to have a report from you both as to how the condition is at that time.
Hoping to have been of service, and with kindest personal regards and best wishes to you and yours, I am
Sincerely, EC:GD
P.S. Quite often I think of our experiences in Comyn. How have you been getting along lately?
7/19/32 Husband's letter: ..., Texas
Mr. Edgar Cayce, Virginia Beach, Virginia
Dear Mr. Cayce;
Your reading of the 12th received, very glad to get same and we are overjoyed that we can get this trouble cleared up without an operation.
However there is a few things that are not quite clear to us. You gave instructions to use as a massage we're to use a mixture of one-quarter ounce of Iodex and one-quarter grain of the animated Ash, we would like to know how much of this we should at a time, should we use this quantity at one treatment? If not about how much would you suggest to use?
Also you said to use Hare Fur with this treatment. Just what does this mean?
Does it mean just the fur? or the skin with the fur on? would the skin of tame rabbits be alright for this purpose? and would they have to be treated in any way?
If we are unable to get Hare Fur what could we get to take its place?
I am going to get the medicines right away and will let you know when she starts taking them,
Very Sincerely yours; [...]
P.S. The reading you sent us is 4438-1.
7/25/32 EC's letter to [4438]'s husband:
Mr. [...] ..., Texas
Dear Mr. [...]
Yours of the 19th has been received, and I am glad you were pleased with the reading. I certainly hope you will arrange to carry out the treatments consistently and persistently, for - as given - it would be better to have the operation than to go about the other treatment halfheartedly, or to begin and then stop after a while, for it would allow the condition to develop so as to become very aggravating and hinder the results that might be obtained.
You would only use sufficient of the salve (made of the Iodex and Ash) each time to massage the place thoroughly. You are to massage the place gently with this mixture, all that will be absorbed and a little more. Don't leave it on the outside as a salve, but massage it gently until it disappears under the skin.
Yes, the tame rabbit fur would be just as well as the wild, though I presume you wouldn't have any trouble getting a wild hare in Texas - if I remember correctly. If dried properly (not in the sun), the skin is very pliable - and the skin portion should be placed on the skin - or next to the skin where the lump is, and the fur side on the outside - which forms a padding as nothing else does. This is the way I understand it. If you are not able to get this, I think a pad of gauze would be the next best thing - but I don't think you will have any trouble getting a rabbit skin in Texas - not as I remember Texas. I hope it hasn't changed that much!
Be sure and let me hear from you as the treatment progresses, and - as I suggested - in a few weeks it would be very well to get a check-up reading to see just how the condition is and just what should be added.
Appreciating your letter, and hoping to be of service,
I am
Sincerely, EC:GD
7/23/32 Husband's letter:
..., Texas
Mr. Edgar Cayce; Virginia Beach, Virginia
Dear Mr. Cayce;
In the reading that you gave for my wife you said to use a Violet Ray lamp but did not give any special size or type to use. However I am sending you a cut of one that I have ordered, will you kindly tell me if this lamp will be suitable for the treatments.
I am very sorry to have to bother you with so many letters, but feel that in a case of this kind that it is best to have everything right before we start.
With very best wishes for you and yours;
Sincerely yours, [...]
7/27/32 EC's letter to [4438]'s husband: Mr. [...] ..., Texas
Dear Mr. [...]
The Sunshine lamp shown on the cut you sent me I think will be alright. Of course, it will be necessary to apply this much closer to the body than if you were using the larger lamp. Don't put it so close, however, as to injure the body - but about twenty-eight inches would be the right distance, and don't guess at it. Get you a measure and be sure it is the same distance every time. If it reddens too much (in case your wife is fair and easy to burn), then move it off at least two or three more inches, but you want enough of the heat and the ultra-violet ray to make some therapeutic effect in the circulation, or on the part of the body where it is exposed.
Don't think it is a bother to have you ask anything that is not entirely clear from time to time, for we are always glad to try and be of service.
Let us hear from you if there are any other questions, and let us keep in touch with the progress you make in the treatments.
Sincerely, EC:GD
8/10/32 Husband's letter:
..., Texas
Mr. Edgar Cayce; Virginia Beach, Virginia
Dear Mr. Cayce;
I am writing you in regards to my wife's condition. We have followed the treatment that you gave for a week now and as you requested we are letting you know the condition at present.
It may be that we are unduly alarmed, but from the outward appearance of the breast it would seem to us that the condition is worse. I mean by this that the breast seems to be cracking around the nipple and the nipple looks as though it was ready to fall out, it also has a very bad odor. There is also a small amount of drainage although I suppose that the drainage is natural in a case of this kind.
However she seems to be feeling quite a bit better. We would appreciate it very much if you could give us a check reading at once and see if we are following the treatment properly and if there is anything to be added.
If you find it necessary to give any different medicine I wish you would order it and have it sent to me C.O.D. as we had a very hard time getting some of the medicine that the former reading called for, and delayed starting the treatment.
Very Sincerely Yours,
8/18/32 See 4438-2.