4/25/44 Wife's letter: "Enclosed is an application for a
Physical Reading for my husband, whom the doctors have
declared hopelessly afflicted. They have given him (not to
his knowledge) about 6 months to live. I delayed sending
this application because I wanted to feel that he would live
long enough to benefit by a reading before calling upon Mr.
Cayce for advice and counsel. On the attached sheet I have
listed a brief case history which I would greatly appreciate
your considering with a view of giving our application the
very earliest attention possible..."
Case History: "My husband is a man of 52 years, who has been
in apparent good health all his life. In fact, he has not
visited a doctor outside of yearly physical checkups, nor has
he been away from work in the past 14 years until October
1943. At this time, he suffered a fall which injured his
ankle and necessitated staying off his feet for about 3 days.
Upon his return to work, he was required to have a physical
examination, just routine, and the result of this examination
gave a positive Wasserman blood test. Because of the fact
that he is a mature, good-living man and because of his past
health record, the tests were repeated, with the same
results. Of course, this news was startling and
demoralizing, and when the physicians urged him to
immediately start the treatment recommended, he did. This
was without taking anyone into his confidence to help him
make the mental and physical adjustment such a shock
requires. For nearly 3 months he underwent weekly
treatments, lost nearly 40 pounds in weight, and was
suspended from his work because of physical inability to
carry the load 7 days a week.
In discouragement, he stopped the weekly treatments for a
while, and went to a sanitarium for a rest, and to try to
increase his weight. While there, he read 'There Is A
River', and corresponded with an old friend who is a Parsee
Zoroastrian. He is convinced that if he could be assured
that his physical condition has been properly diagnosed, and
with his mental attitude improved, as it now is, he could
meet with courage any treatment deemed necessary. The
doctors now say that his heart and kidneys have been so
weakened by the disease that if he does not undergo immediate
and severe treatment, he will probably not live longer than 6
months. Naturally, I do not know how to advise him, but he
cannot face the prospects of the treatment prescribed when he
is not convinced that his illness was correctly diagnosed.
It is difficult to believe that condition has just recently
attacked him, nor is it reasonable to believe that it is of
sustained origin when yearly checkups for 14 years did not
reveal it. The symptoms appear to be only an enlarged heart
and a positive blood test, which may be enough for a
physician but which to a man clinging to a hope of a happy
future can have an element of doubt...
My husband is confined to his room and seems very week and
nervous. This is a pitiful condition for a man who has been
in his day a professional musician, a professional
photographer, and a student and friend of J. Edgar Hoover.
You can see that none of his interests have been passive
ones, and he is surely not resigned to a life of inactivity.
It is perhaps this very quality that will either save him or
doom him to an early demise, but the latter would be far the
more desirable if his health is not restored. My husband and
I are very happy in our life together, and we are mentally
and spiritually mature ... we believe in the power of God
thru the soul, spirit and body of the individual, and we try
to separate that truth from dogma in broadening our
understanding of new sciences..."
"P.S. Dr. George, an osteopathic physician of ..., Del., has
read Mr. Cayce's biography, and he is very anxious to help us
follow his reading."
5/04/44 Wife's letter: "This is written, at your suggestion,
to confirm the telephone conversation between you and our
physician, Dr. George this evening. He explained my
husband's condition, which he has diagnosed as Cardiorenal
Syphilis. He also stated that in his opinion, my husband's
life expectancy is at most a matter of a few months, and
might be as short as several weeks. Your willingness to try
to arrange an emergency reading sometime this week is a great
kindness. We will endeavor to maintain a prayerful and
spiritual attitude so that the reading will be as nearly
perfect as we can together - make it. My husband's physical
condition is such that during the late evening and night he
is under the influence of sleeping tablets, but at other
times he will maintain to the best of his ability that faith
and trust in the will and goodness of God which will sustain
him for anything the reading might hold. We are indeed
humbled at your great gift... My husband will be ..., Del."
5/09/44 EC's telegram: "Will attempt your reading this
morning 10:30 to 11:30 E.W.T."
REPORTS
Note: During the month after this reading [5067-1], numerous
telephone calls were made by Dr. George and Mr. [
5067]'s wife
to EC. However, A.R.E. files have no record of the exact
dates when such calls were made, or what was said. GD.
The final reading on this case is a Check Physical,
5067-2,
given on
6/05/44.
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