6/29/44 Dr. D. R. McLain's letter: "...I cannot entirely
reconcile your explanation of causes and present condition,
other than you are correct in describing his case as
dementia-praecox, or as you put it, 'leading to, if
neglected'. The case is, and has been several years, the
Hebephrenic form of Dementia-Praecox, mutism type. The
locomotor muscles are not affected as you state. While most
symptoms are characteristic of the disease with him, the
outstanding peculiarity is his refusal to talk for the past
3 or 4 years, although I understand he is now repeating words
after his mother, and will answer me 'uh-huh' or 'huh-ungh.'
Will also talk coherently while sleeping. As to
the treatment, I find an unusual tightness in the
occipito-atlantal region, base of skull to first vertebrae
especially, and we are, of course, working primarily upon
vertebral adjusting to restore nerve energy to the brain in
particular. He receives plenty of deep spinal massage over
foramina. (I don't get your connection in massaging down to
9th dorsal and up from coccyx) As to massaging with olive
oil and tincture of myrrh 'neuropathically', this may be
O.K., tho of no special benefit except psychological. Peanut
oil is better. 'Neuropathically' means disease of the
nerves, presume you mean to massage over the course of the
nerves as they leave the spine. Your Wet Cell Appliance
is just something to give someone else a chance to sell
something. Electronic medicine may well have its place
in the treatment of this case, however, and I am enclosing
booklet covering an instrument I have. Also have the more
expensive $1400 dollar Radionics, which I will use in his
case instead of the Wet Cell Appliance you mention. Why
don't you write to the Journal of Electronic Medicine for
a copy of their magazine? 1200 Hyde St., San Francisco,
Calif."
12/05/44 Comment by IMG: "[
5228]'s mother called to meet
Mr. Cayce, at which time she gave me a verbal report on her
son. She stated that he had greatly improved, yet she felt
disappointed in the reading. I went over the reading with
her and asked if she had been keeping the battery plates
clean and if the elements had been renewed. She seemed very
vague on these points, yet insisted that she had been putting
the battery on her son as suggested, beginning some 3 weeks
after the date of the reading. She also stated that she had
been taking her son to a chiropractor once or twice a week.
Dr. McLain's letter of
6/29/44 indicated that he had not
been using olive oil and tincture of myrrh for massage. I
suggested that she make a 30 day outline of the treatment
as given in the reading, allowing 7 to 10 days rest periods
between each series of treatments. Also suggested that she
study Wet Cell Appliance instructions, so that she might
know better what type of reactions to look for in her son's
progress. Her son was not told that a reading had been given
for him. She said that her disappointment was largely due to
the fact that the karmic angle was not given in the reading.
She admitted lack of preparation for the reading, which was
partly due to the deluge of mail and number of readings being
given at that time. The mother is a member of the Essene
group having completed a 2-year course. She expressed faith
that an immediate cure could be effected if the correct and
proper contact was made with God. She impressed me as an
Atlantean with an extremely strong will. I requested that
she submit reports when the above suggestions were carried
out. Upon checking Marsden Godfrey's records, there was
nothing to indicate that the Wet Cell Appliance had ever
been ordered."
9/26/49 Questionnaire sent. No reply.
3/11/52 Notation by IMG: No record of verbal or written
contact on this case since
12/05/44.
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