This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 16th day of June, 1944, in accordance with request made by the self - Miss [5240], new Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

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

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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, yes we have the body here: [5240].
3. As we find, there are disturbances which are causing a great deal of anxiety regarding the physical conditions of this body. As a result of the operation on the thyroid, there have been those administrations of thyroid extract which have been very well and, as we find, should be kept up. A grain to a grain and a half daily should be sufficient.
4. Also, there has been, and exists in the present, incoordination between the nerve systems of the body. An over-anxiety, a fear has caused overtension in the nervous system, especially as related to the areas in the upper dorsal or through the brachial centers, and has caused a great shock to the body, so that the ability of the nerves to coordinate in replenishing energies through the circulation has caused this great weakness which exists in the body.
5. These may be materially aided but it will require as much activity of the mental self as those administrations from any mechanical or medicinal natures.
6. Do not use electrical forces for this body. Do use the gentle massage with osteopathic adjustments, especially in the areas indicated, coordinating the lumbar and through the cervical with corrections which are made in the upper dorsal area.
7. Do take regularly, for at least a period of six months before changes are made, grape juice daily, at least four glasses, or prepared in this manner: take three ounces of the grape juice (plain) and add one ounce of plain water (not carbonated water). Take this half an hour before meals and just before retiring at night.
8. Do keep up the adjustments osteopathically for at least three series of about eight treatments, each series allowing about two weeks rest periods between each series of treatments.
9. If we will do this we will find we will bring better conditions and better control of the energies of body.
10. Do add vitamin B, which may be had for this body in Zyrone. This carries in the compound the vitamins which will be beneficial for the body.
11. Also it would be well to have separate from this, but not too often, wheat germ oil which is prepared by Dohme (?) or Squibbs. One pellet taken about three times each week, but have regular periods for it, see?
12. Ready for questions.
13. (Q) What can I do to strengthen my eyes?
    (A) As the conditions are corrected in the dorsal areas, we will find this will give a greater strength and vitality for the whole of the sensory system and this will improve the eyes. Head and neck exercises would be very well. Not long series but consistent and regular series of head and neck exercises.
14. (Q) Are the glasses I'm using at present correct?
    (A) These are very good. They will improve with the treatments. It may necessitate, after the third series of corrections and quieting of the body, that there be changes made.
    In the regular diets, don't have too much fats, starches; that is, the combinations. White bread should be tabu, as should be white potatoes, macaroni and cheese.
15. (Q) Is there any danger in the growth at the top of my right eyelid?
    (A) This will not be too disturbing but will later have to be removed.
16. (Q) How should this be removed?
    (A) Operate, but not until there is better correction in the general system. Use just a little massage each day over the area on the eye with Castor Oil. If the correction is set up it should make for elimination to a great extent, as in segregation, so there will be no disturbance in removing same.
17. (Q) My appendix has given trouble for years, will it adjust its own trouble, if let alone?
    (A) Don't take a great deal of purgatives, but use Castor Oil Packs over same, not too hot, but use them an hour each day, at least three thicknesses of flannel saturated with Castor Oil and then an electric pad over same. Use this an hour each day, then after three days take a tablespoonful of Olive Oil internally. Rest about two weeks and then take it again, this time take two tablespoonfuls of the Olive Oil. We should have little or no further trouble. This is not neurotic, though naturally the nerve energies being so upset tends to make this a disturbance for the body.
18. We are through with this reading.

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    (Zyrone is sold by Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Tenn. for $1.00 a bottle.
    See directions [which were enclosed] for preparing Castor Oil Packs.)

BACKGROUND

1. Born 9/16/93 in Illinois; single.
2. 11/14/43 Letter: "Is it possible for you to give me a reading? I continue my teaching, but I am exhausted too easily, and that prevents my doing my best work. I had a thyroidectomy in September 1938, and I have not regained my strength. I gained too much weight. I take 1 1/2 grains of thyroid extract per day as suggested by the Mayo Clinic, who found nothing else wrong with me. I suggested that a severe nervous shock I experienced shortly after the operation might be the cause of part of my trouble, but the Clinic did not suggest anything for that. My eyes burn from tiredness much of the time. I have had them tested and re-checked. I wear glasses."
3. 1/04/44 Letter: "...I rest much. I eat proper foods, but I gain very little. I tire easily when on my feet... All my inner feelings have told me ever since, that the shock did the injury, but doctors, even Mayo Clinic, have done nothing about it. I take 1 1/2 grains of thyroid extract daily (Mayo orders). Is that right amount? Why do I gain too much weight? Is it under-active thyroid? Why are my eyes very weak?"
4. 5/29/44 Letter: "...I cannot walk any distance without becoming exhausted. I have gained too much weight. Is that lack of proper diet? Is it lack of enough physical exercise, which I cannot take? Or is it a thyroid condition? ...My eyes became much weaker after that operation..."

REPORTS

1. 7/25/44 Letter: "...I thank you for the report of my reading. I can tell no difference in my condition, but I expect that to be gradual. I do have faith. I have taken adjustments as suggested. I wondered about my reaction at the time of the reading. I had none."
2. 9/29/49 Reply to questionnaire: "Mr. Cayce's suggestion to cure appendix trouble was wonderful. Mayo Clinic told me to take 1 grain thyroid tablets daily. I have done so until now. My BMR is 120. A good osteopath may have helped me. Osteopathic massage and adjustments, no good. Improved in strength. Zyrone could not be bought here. I had to order bottles from Tenn. I began taking Vitamin B tablets, approved by physician. Eyes are same. Slow improvement in strength until 6 months ago. I have slight case of myocarditis for which I take digitalis. Improved in strength. Cured - no. I reduced a little. My own fault. What did Mr. Cayce suggest for slight case of myocarditis? Send instructions and bill, please."
3. 10/03/49 GD's note: I sent extracts on myocarditis with membership blank. Thrombosis material returned after [5240]'s doctor read it. (Dr. A. L. L. of ... Ill.)
4. 5/10/51 Letter: "...I asked about my appendix. EC told me how to cure the trouble, a simple remedy with oil, woolen cloths and heat. I tried it. I believe that was in 1944. I have had no more trouble with my appendix, though I had been told to be operated upon. Last summer I had a fluoroscope used on me to check my stomach ulcers. The doctor asked if I had had my appendix removed. Knowing the difficulty I had had with it years before, that question from a doctor who was looking at it surprised me. I thought you would like to hear that statement."
5. 5/28/51 Letter: "...I am returning the pamphlet on ulcers. Thank you. I'll use the suggestion. My principal illness is a heart ailment, arterial sclerotic. If you have a reading on that type of heart trouble, please send it to me. I can return it later. I have the best doctor I can get, but my improvement is not what it should be... Do you know of one who can give me a reading to tell my past existences... Mr. Cayce had a date set for such a reading at the time of his last illness."
6. 12/18/51 Letter: "I first heard of Edgar Cayce and his unusual power through some advertising of Theosophical literature. I ordered THERE IS A RIVER from the Theosophical Society to read. Later I bought my own copy and have loaned it. As soon as I read that book, I knew I was going to appeal to Edgar Cayce for physical help, though the newness of the idea caused me to delay my request for a few months. I regret that he did not give my life reading, as my name was on the unanswered waiting list. I did not take the grape juice as outlined. I was in a place at the time where it was not very convenient to keep a supply, and I had the feeling I was not getting the desired results. I took 24 osteopathic treatments. I do not know whether they helped. I showed the doctor the parts to be treated, but I doubt if he paid attention. I thought he followed his regular routine treatments. I did wish at the time that I could have the treatments by one who was in sympathy with the reading. I did allow rest periods as suggested, as best as I could. The shock was an emotional upset, partly caused by a half crazed principal with whom I was unfortunately working after my thyroidectomy when I was weak. In his mental weakness (he had suffered severe mental trouble and I had of necessity filled his office), he had the idea I wanted his position and was more than unjust and cruel. Other than that, I do not care to discuss the problem. I learned that a shock to a weak physical body can be very damaging. I did the eye exercises, but I stopped. I think other conditions helped to weaken my eyes. I used the castor oil packs exactly as suggested. My appendix has caused me almost no trouble since. Thanks for that. Last year when I had a Barium test for stomach ulcers, the doctor asked if I had had my appendix out. The appendix treatment was worth it all. My present trouble is weakness caused by a heart ailment, mostly the blood vessels. The place on eyelid was removed by use of an acid, a harmless removal."

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