This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 115 West 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va., this 30th day of July, 1927, in accordance with request made by Dr. A. C. Layne, and by the mother Mrs. [4280].

Present: Edgar Cayce; Mrs. Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mr. L. B. Cayce.

TEXT

1. GC: You will have before you the body of [5520], at ... St., ..., Georgia, and you will tell us if there is any special treatment that should be given this body at this time, other than that being done, and you will answer the questions, as I ask them, regarding this body.
2. EC: We have the body here. This we have had before. [4280-7 for mother in pregnant state, 7/15/26.]
3. Those conditions that are being accorded for the system are very good, and we do not see that many changes COULD be made or SHOULD be made for the better conditions of the body.
4. While there are troublesome conditions arising from the various effects as have been produced in the physical functioning of the body, the modification of properties given should be made to meet the conditions necessary as they arise. Ready for questions.
5. (Q) What brand of sugar should be given this body? Mellins Food, Dextro Maltose #3, cane or beet sugar, or malt soup stock?
   (A) The better condition is to keep with the goats' milk and the gradual adding of the Mellin's Food - in its modified forms to meet the conditions as arise from the congestion and from condition with intestinal and digestive system.
6. (Q) How much sugar in his 24 hour supply? How many tablespoons of sugar does he need in his daily supply?
   (A) ALL will be obtained that is necessary in the Mellin's Food, when this is added with the goats' milk. Do not give other sugar than that, else we will upset the digestive system and produce the excess of fermentation in the digestive system, and overtax the blood supply, as well as the organs of the body that must ASSIMILATE properties taken in.
7. (Q) Is the goats' milk better for the body raw or cooked?
   (A) This would be modified to meet the needs of the conditions as arise. BETTER for it raw - but meet the conditions as they arise. Goats' milk and the modified Mellin's Food. Not prepared with the goats' MILK necessarily at all times, but with the modifications of the Food with the milk may be well, see?
8. (Q) Would orange juice, prune juice, or carrot juice, be beneficial for him at present? If not, how long before it can be given?
   (A) Carrot juice and prune juice, or TOMATO juice - tomato juice would be better than either at present, were this given in small quantities. Carrot juice may be given in two to three weeks. The tomato juice may be given at present - PREFERABLY that which has been canned WITHOUT Benzoate of Soda.
9. (Q) Did this body have whooping cough, or was the cough caused from bad milk?
   (A) Whooping cough, as it is known. Those manipulations and those conditions accorded for the body's eliminations have kept the body well, and the germ - or that producing whooping cough, as yet, has not been ENTIRELY eliminated from the system. The effects of same are greatly diminished in the system. Hence goats' milk and modified Mellin's Food the better for the body. As is seen, the tomato juice carries all of the VITAMINS for body in their regular order, and will not produce undue fermentation if given in moderation, to be sure.
10. (Q) Are his stomach, bowels and kidneys normal?
    (A) Near normal at present - but DO NOT overtax the stomach, or kidneys, or pancreas, and harden liver, and overtax the rest of system by too much sugar!
11. (Q) How often should the tomato juice be given, and what quantity at a time?
    (A) Once to twice a day - teaspoonful to three teaspoonsful, as it agrees and as it is assimilated by the system.
12. (Q) What may be done to entirely eliminate this germ of whooping cough?
    (A) This is eliminated through the creating of extra vitamins in the system and blood supply, by strangulation and elimination. Hence the manipulation even for the body, and the care of the food.
    Do as given. The body is well, and should bring much joy to many.
13. We are through with this reading for the present.

BACKGROUND

1. 6/22/27 Dr. Mary E. Layne's letter: "...We are wondering where and how you all are, as we haven't heard from you in a long time. We are getting on nicely. Dr. Layne [Al. C.] is keeping up wonderfully well. I am sending this on to your home address where we last heard from you, hoping you can soon have it.
   "Mrs. [4280] has a fine little son [5520], four months old last Saturday. He has been gaining and growing nicely up until two weeks ago. He began vomiting and has lost two pounds or more. He has a little cold. We want you to see and tell us if he has WHOOPING COUGH?
   "[4281], his sister, has a cough too, and she has been playing with some little friends who took the whooping cough three weeks ago. Please see if it is his food, or teeth, or the whooping cough that is making him vomit and lose weight so fast.
   "Please see if he needs raw cow's milk or goat's milk? Which will be better? His mother [4280] hasn't any milk for him and so far he has been taking the boiled cow's milk with Mellin's Food.
   "Please see which kind of sugar he needs, and how much daily? Which is best for him, Mellin's Food, Dextri-Maltose or the beet sugar or cane sugar? or malt-soup extract?... Can he take orange juice now with Mellin's Food, or any other sugar? We have tried to give him orange juice several times but each time it seems to make so much gas in his stomach... See if he needs Infant or B. B. Culture? Tomato and carrot juice now; or how soon can he have them?
   "Please go over the baby's case and answer the questions as quickly as you can..."
2. GD's note: 6/29/27 mother [4280]'s wire urged early reading. On 7/01/27 Dr. Al. C. Layne wired that the baby [5520] was critically ill and needed emergency reading.
3. 7/11/27 Dr. Mary E. Layne's letter: "...Your wire just received and so glad to get in touch with you again. We tried to reach you while you were in Hopkinsville, but failed. Dr. [Al. C. Layne] and I and Mrs. [4280] are all so anxious for you to give a reading for the little baby [5520]. He is four and one-half months old now and such a precious baby. He has been ill for three weeks, vomiting so much of his milk and coughing some. We want you to see if he has whooping cough or is the cough coming from his stomach?... [She then repeated some of the same questions regarding his feeding that she had previously submitted]... He can't sleep very long at a time. Is this caused from hunger? He has been on very weak formulas for three weeks trying to overcome the vomiting. Please see just how many tablespoons of sugar he needs in 24 hours. Is there anything to do to make his teeth come through without causing him so much trouble? Can he take orange juice without causing gas? and how much now? How soon can he have tomato and carrot juice? See if there is anything abnormal about his whole body, if so tell how to correct. Would sun baths of three minutes exposure benefit him?
   "Now we want you to please let us have his reading as soon as possible, as we need this information in feeding him. He is very weak at present..."

REPORTS

1. 10/03/27 Mother [4280]'s letter thanked EC for little daughter [4281]'s reading and requested a check-up for baby [5520]:
   "...He is cutting three teeth and has three teeth through entirely. He has been on boiled goat's milk, boiled three minutes, for past six weeks. I have tried to have him take the raw milk but it gives him indigestion and gas. The tomatoes and orange juice also caused gas up to two weeks ago - haven't tried them since. We are afraid he isn't getting any vitamins and might have rickets.
   "Is there any vitamin left in the milk after boiling three minutes? How long before he can take raw milk again? Can he take orange juice and how diluted? How long should the tomatoes be cooked before giving him the juice? How long before he can take carrot juice? Should he have any cooked vegetable juices? How soon? Should he have Zwieback? Is the unsweetened Zwieback, put up by the Battle Creek Company, best for him? Can he take B. B. or Infant Culture? What should I do when his bowels become upset with diarrhea, as they are now? Is soda good? Some think it good and others say it is harmful. His kidneys seem to bother him some. He cries out when they act. Is Citrate of Soda (a fruit salts) good for him at such times? Should he be 'circumcised' at all? If so, at what age? One doctor here thinks he should and Dr. Layne says not. Please tell me what to do! Is there anything he can chew to make his teeth hurry through? They keep him upset in stomach and bowels, so Dr. Layne thinks. He has a place on his scalp that looks badly and he keeps scratching it. It came from a mosquito bite. Is there anything to heal it? It looks like eczema now.
   "Please let us hear from you as soon as you can and please accept this small offering until we can do better..."
2. 10/17/27 EC gave the second reading - 5520-2.

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