This Psychic Reading was given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 29th day of May, 1944, in accordance with request made by the mother - Mrs. [...], new Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research and Enlightenment, Inc., for the daughter, [5160].

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis and Jeanette Fitch, Stenos.

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, we have the body here, [5160].
3. As we find, not a great deal may be suggested for this entity under the present environs and conditions and surroundings, but if there will be any great betterment there must be, from those whom the entity thinks and feels a great deal of and for the arousing of desires for recuperation.
4. For there has been in the mental self of this entity those discouragements, those disturbances that have added and do add a great deal to the detriment of the better physical conditions.
5. But if there is hope and purpose and desire raised in the mental self of this entity, there may be brought about, with the administrations being made, improvements.
6. Then, when the conditions are such that the body may be away from those present surroundings and can make the administrations which may be suggested, we may bring nearer to normal conditions for the body.
7. The incision will require some little time more for drainages, but if there is hope raised, these can be brought to better conditions; without it, you cannot.
8. We are through with this reading for the present.

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BACKGROUND

1. Born 8/12/17 in Pa.; resides Ohio; married; one child.
2. 1/05/44 Mother's letter: "Please have a reading for my daughter... She is seriously ill and has been for nearly 4 months. Please let me hear from you as soon as possible, as her condition is serious. Has been in bed since 9/11/43..."
3. 1/30/44 Mother's letter: "...My daughter is holding her own, but doctors promise us nothing in the way of recovery, and would greatly appreciate as early an emergency reading as possible. After 5 months of being in bed, she is getting very discouraged and ofttimes doubtful of her own recovery. I would like to know date of reading as I would like to be in meditation."
4. 5/24/44 Mother's letter: "...She is now in the Jewish Hospital at ... We have more hope now than when I wrote you last and when she was in the hospital in ... Will be in meditation at that hour and will also ask Unity for prayers, as I have been doing. (1) Will she ever be fully recovered? (2) Will her side heal completely? (3) Just how long will she have to wear the tube? (4) Will her chest and lungs be completely cured? (5) Will she have to be careful all her life, or in time, will she be able to gain her former health?"

REPORTS

1. 2/14/51 Questionnaire sent. No reply.
2. 2/28/52 Comment by IMG: The questionnaire-letter was sent to [5160] in care of her mother. No record of verbal or written contact on this case since the date of the reading.
3. 10/52 D. H. Fogel, M.D., told GD he would index this case under empyema.

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