This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at the home of Mrs. Bamberger, 77th and Broadway, New York City, New York, this 18th day of January, 1925, in accordance with request made by - (a voluntary reading which came immediately following a first physical reading for Case [4599]).

Present: Edgar Cayce; Morton H. Blumenthal, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mrs. Cayce, Mrs. Bamberger, Dr. Krauss, Mr. and Mrs. Koff, and others.

TEXT

1. EC: [5700] - Missouri.
2. Now, in this condition that has arisen in the body from the dis-arrangement in the pelvic organs, especially those in the false pelvis, we find these need attention at once, through that condition as given, for the operation on the body, else there will be in 19 days the setting up of an infection that will bring destructive forces to the whole system. The alleviation of the pressure has been effective to the body, but this attempt to lift that heavier than the body should have attempted, under the existing conditions, has brought about this condition, or falling more of the organs in the pelvis, and the rupture of the left Fallopian Tube, and these conditions should be attended to at once.
3. We are through for the present.

BACKGROUND

1. 1/02/25 She had obtained 5700-5.

REPORTS

1. 1/18/25 Letter from [5700] to EC in Dayton, Ohio, which he did not receive until he returned to Dayton from New York several days later: "I am writing you in regard to asking of you to see if you can get an answer to these questions: (1) What should I be operated on for? (2) Should my womb be taken? (3) Just what should be done? (4) Could the operation be done through the vagina? (5) should I take chloroform or ether? (6) How long should I stay at hospital? (7) Could I wait till about May or June to go for operation, then use the electric machine 3 or 4 weeks just before going? (8) Would this operation make my nerves any worse than what they are, and in what way would it make them worse?
   "I haven't got no money to be operated on with and don't know if I can get any or not. Am very anxious to hear from you."
2. 1/20/25 Letter from EC to [5700]: "I'm enclosing herewith copy of reading gotten voluntarily a day or so ago. Impossible to get this mailed to you sooner, as I was leaving that day for Dayton from New York, where I was when the reading was given. Naturally, this makes me very anxious regarding your condition, so will thank you very much to let me hear from you and know how you're getting along."
3. 1/26/25 EC's letter to [5700]: "I have yours of the 18th, but I am sure you realize that all of your questions were answered in the voluntary reading given, and a copy of which was sent you some days ago. I would certainly be very glad to hear from you, and if there are any further suggestions that I may be able to give you in a reading, I shall be glad to undertake it for you."
4. 3/16/25 Mrs. [5700]'s Letter: "I am writing you again as I happen to have not been able to go to the hospital yet, asking you to please take my reading again as it has been sometime since I have heard from you. Please see if you can find out if I should still go to the hospital for operation and follow those suggestions which you gave in last reading. Please answer by return mail, if possible, as I want to try and go to hospital as soon as possible if I should go."
5. 3/25/25 EC's letter: "As suggested in a reading this afternoon, the sooner the operations are carried out as outlined, under the present conditions, the better it will be. We hope you will arrange as soon as possible to go to the hospital and have the operation as suggested in the last reading. Hoping to hear from you, and that you will get along fine, I am sincerely." Edgar Cayce
   [GD's note: There is no record of EC having given a reading for Mrs. [5700] on 3/25/25. This may have been a sentence volunteered in another reading, or at the end of someone else's reading, without typing it up for the record, or it could be that EC just willed her that was given in the reading so that she would be more apt to listen to his advice to proceed with the recommendations given.]
6. 5/31/25 Mrs. [5700]'s letter: "The last letter I had from you, you said I should be operated on soon. So I first came to St. Mary's Hospital in Jefferson City, which was close to home. They took three x-ray pictures there and Sister told me two operating doctors had little hopes of me living through an operation there so they sent me to St. Louis to a female specialists. I have been here over a month. They have taken five x-ray pictures here and have decided not to operate, they don't tell me why. Female specialists give me a little medicines and tells the Sister to give me a one hour douche each day which she neglects part of time. Doctor and Sisters talk awful cross and hateful to me, they talk as though I have hysterics and want me to act like a well person, get me on my feet all they can, this causes me to suffer almost day and night. I'm only a charity patient here, please take my reading again and see if you can find out what I should do. Should I go home or stay here and follow their suggestions which they say I must follow if I stay here. Tell me just what I should do, no difference what it may be. I have more faith in the Lord than I have in all the doctors in the world. I'm real anxious to hear from you. You can address my letters to a friend who lives near the hospital and she will deliver them to me."
7. 6/08/25 EC's letter:
   My dear [5700]
   I have yours of the 31st. I'm certainly sorry to know that you have been unable to get your operation. However, it is possible that the conditions are such that the doctors would be afraid to perform an operation. I do not know whether that you have come in contact with one of the doctors who operates at St. Mary's hospital or not. I don't think that he is a female specialist, but I'm going to ask that you insist that you see this man and you have a good heart to heart conversation with him, and if you so desire you may show him this letter. He has been a very good friend of mine, and I'm sure will be glad to do for you that which he deems in a professional manner and way the very best for you. This is Dr. H. B. DePew. I know that he works or operates at times at St. Mary's, as I visited him while he was recovering from an operation that was performed at that hospital on himself. Now, I know this man is as good as you will find anywhere in the profession, and a man that will not hesitate to do that which he deems is the right and proper thing to do, and one that would do everything in his power to be of help and assistance to you, irrespective of the dollars and cents. I'm certainly sorry to know that you have had such sad experience since you've been there. After you talk with this man, you can write me fully just what he has to say, and you may ask him to write me himself, if he will, and if he does not think it is best for you to go on with the operation at present, personally I see no reason why you should remain there when you can perhaps get better treatment for yourself at home, for you are doing practically the same things, as I understand it, as has been suggested for you sometime back. Just as soon as you decide on this, you may be very sure we'll be glad to take the other reading and see what is the suggestion that is given at this time for you. You know we want to be of help if its possible to do so, but I have a great deal of confidence in the ability of Dr. DePew, and I feel sure that you will get the advantage of one of the best medical authorities, if you will only get in touch with him, and I'm sure you can if you will insist that the Sisters call him in, and I'm sure he will not refuse you the benefit of his knowledge and experience.
   Asking that you let me hear from you just as soon as you can do this, and hoping that you are feeling a great deal better long before this, I am
   Sincerely, Edgar Cayce EC:gd
8. 6/20/25 Letter: "...I am still at St. Mary's Hospital. I insisted on the Sister four days on calling in Dr. D. B. DePew that I might have a talk with him, so then I mentioned it to Dr. Gillhorn, the female specialist which I was under the care of. He then gave me another examination and told me I had no female trouble, after I had been under his care for seven weeks. Then told me he saw no reason why I shouldn't have a talk with Dr. DePew and if I wanted to be under his care all okay and if not I should go home. In about an hour a nerve specialist came in saying Dr. Gillhorn said I had no female trouble and had turned me over in his care. After he gave instructions to follow I then asked him if I shouldn't go home and follow those instructions there the same as I could here, but he told me I could not. He isn't doing anything but giving me exercises and having me sit up. He is getting so hard on me I don't see how I can stand it. I have no faith in him and I feel that they are just puzzled in regard to the condition I am in and want to keep me here to experiment on and it seems awful hard as I have laid and suffered for so many years. My doctor has now been in and he says I may have Dr. DePew come in and examine me and if he says so I can go home. I'm supposed to go the 3rd day of July. Would you take my reading now and send it to Dr. DePew, asking him to come in and see me. Sister says he has patients here. Tell him I will go home Friday, July 3rd, if he doesn't see fit for me to be under his care. I sure do hate to give up and go home in this shape. He wants me to follow the instructions which he has given me, then when I get on my feet come back again. I certainly will appreciate it if you will do this for me. I may never be able to pay you for what you have done for me, but may the Lord reward you here and in the hereafter..."
9. 6/26/25 EC wrote: I was rather surprised to know that you were still in the hospital in St. Louis. I cannot quite understand why you have not been able, or they have not allowed you at least, to get in touch with Dr. DePew. I believe, if I were in your place, if they still refuse, I would have your friend to call Dr. DePew, asking if he wouldn't call and see you. Then you may refer him to me, if you so desire. I'm sure this would be very much better than for me to write Dr. DePew personally. I would certainly like very much to know what his diagnosis of your case would be, and please insist, when you do see him, that he write me, for you can explain to him that I have not known you directly or personally and can tell him how you came to know of me, for Dr. DePew knows something of the work and has made some examinations under suggestions as were made through the readings. I can't understand how so many of the doctors there disagree as to your condition, and change from time to time. I'm sure, however, you would have an honest opinion from one of the best physicians in St. Louis, can you only get in touch with DePew. Try this again and please let me know. I shall be very glad to do what I can, but you know it would be very much better to be under the direction of the physician in charge while you are in the hospital.
10. 9/14/25 Letter: "...I am back home again, was at St. Mary's Hospital in St. Louis for two and a half months. They never did me any good whatever. They did not want Dr. DePew to come in and see me, nor would Dr. DePew come, so I wrote him a letter but he did not answer it. I then sent my friend to his office to talk with him. He sent me word if I would go to some private home he would then come and see me, so my friend took me home with her. Dr. DePew then came over to see me. He told me I would have to be operated on, but told me I could go home next morning and stay until cool weather, then come back for my operation. He said he would go to hospital and see my x-ray pictures and blood test. I do not know why he sent me home until cool weather unless he thought I could not stand an operation in warm weather on account of the shape my head is in. He told me he would send me medicine for my head, also medicine to stop the pain in my menses period. I have been home since the 8th day of July and he has never sent me any medicine. My mother wrote him three times, but he won't answer. I don't know why he won't answer unless he saw something in the x-ray pictures and thinks he can't operate on me, but looks like he would write and tell me if he can't operate. He seemed to be such a good doctor, to tell me everything. I thought probably I didn't have his correct address, so I wrote back to St. Louis for inquiry and I had it right. He told me after he examined me that my uterus wasn't in its right position, I had a tube that would have to be taken, also an ovary, I had adhesions and there was something in my stomach which he gave a big name to. He also gave a big name to what was wrong with my head, the skin disease which I had, and what caused me to have trouble in passing my urine. You see, there were four names which he gave which I do not remember, in fact I did not try to remember them as I thought I would see him again, but I did not. The place which I have so much trouble with in my stomach is about in the pit of the stomach and extends down a little bit in the left side. When I have a spell with this it first begins with what I call an 'old dead misery' and as it gets worse this misery runs down in stomach, around waistline, and I suffer from the end of my toes to the end of my fingers, striking pains all over me, especially in stomach and breast. I get deathly sick at my stomach and when I vomit most of the time it is green. I still suffer something awful with my head all the time, misery in back part of eyes, across forehead, back part of neck and shoulders, and all through my face. There are yellow blisters in my nose and all in my head. Tiny red dots on tongue, mouth, and throat. I have little brown spots all over me which Dr. DePew called a skin disease that he said was caused from nervousness. I am sending you Dr. DePew's address. Would be glad if you would write him about me. Ask him if I can be operated on and if not why, and ask him to give you the name of what is wrong with the stomach, head, and skin disease. He would write and tell you when he wouldn't me. If I could find out the names of those diseases, the doctors here could explain them to me. Mr. Cayce, please write him for me, then write and tell me just what he says or either send his letter on to me. If he says he can operate or can't I want to know it. I haven't got one dollar to pay on doctor's bills. I had to borrow the money to go to and from St. Louis before and I sure don't want to pay out any more money unless someone can do me some good. If Dr. DePew says he can or can't operate on me, please take my reading anyway and find out what the Lord would have me do at this time. Am very anxious to hear from you..."
11. 9/29/25 EC's letter to Dr. DePew:
    35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va.,
    Dr. H. B. DePew, 1446 S. Grand Ave., St. Louis, Mo.
    Dear Dr. DePew:- I suppose you'll be a little bit surprised to hear from me here. As you know, perhaps, I have been giving all of my time, for the last two years, to the Work of trying to be of help to some through the Psychic Diagnosis. Seemingly, we have done a great deal of good. I'm sure you understand very well how the medical profession generally looks at such work. However, we have been able to convince some of most skeptical ones and I believe we now have a sufficient number of those whose veracity cannot be questioned to begin the work of the Institute, or Hospital a place where individuals may get that as suggested in the readings as given, so I hope to establish same here in the next few years.
    I haven't forgotten entirely our project that we had on in Texas, and I am in hopes that in the next few months at the latest I'll have something to report to you that will be surprising and worth while.
    Now, the main thing I'm writing you about, some months ago I was asked by a lady in ..., Mo., for a reading. She came to St. Louis, as I understand, for an operation. I suggested that she call on you. As to whether that she did or not, or whether you found upon examination that she needed an examination or not, that I do not know. I believe she was at St. Mary's Hospital. Her name was [5700], or as such you knew her, if you knew her at all. I would like to know if you would be so kind as to do so, just what your findings were upon examination and whether or not you saw the suggestion as was given for the operation.
    Thanking you, and trusting that you will favor me with a reply, I am
    Very truly yours, Edgar Cayce EC:gd
12. 9/29/25 EC's letter to Mrs. [5700]: As you will see from this, we have changed the basis of our operations from Dayton, Ohio, to Virginia Beach, Virginia. It will take a little bit longer to receive and send letters from here to your address, but I'm in hopes that we shall be able to be of some service to you as yet. I have today written Dr. DePew and I'm in hopes that I'll be able to receive a reply from him. However, I happen to know, by past experience, that he is a very, very, poor correspondent, but I'm in hopes that he will reply to this, and to be sure, I will let you know what he has to say. We have just recently moved here, and have hardly gotten started to work regularly, but I'm in hopes by the time I can hear from you again that we will be caught up sufficiently for me to make another reading for you and that I will in the meantime have heard from Dr. DePew. I'm certainly sorry that you feel so discouraged with the trouble and expense that you must have had in going to St. Louis, but I'm in hopes that we shall yet be able to give some suggestion that will bring help and relief to you.
13. 12/29/25 Letter from [5700]: "...I wrote you a letter seven weeks ago in regard to how I was getting along, but never received an answer, so probably it was lost in the mails, so I thought I would write you again. [No record of this letter in her file.]
    "I can't see that I am getting any better. I have used the electric machine as you suggested, have used it about 42 days since I last heard from you, so I am writing to you again for further explanation. I suffer from head, eyes, misery in face, back of neck and spinal cord. Suffer untold misery in lower part of back at menses period. Suffer across lower part of stomach, especially in left side most of the time. Sick stomach part of time. Should I still use injection each day with Glyco-Thymoline in it?..."
14. 1/13/26 Letter from [5700]: "...I wrote you the 7th of December asking you to please take my reading again but have never heard from you, so am writing you again as I had a letter from a friend in St. Louis stating she had talked with Dr. DePew for me, and he said for me to come ahead to Hospital now and he would operate on me. I intend to go to St. Louis Wednesday, January 20th, and it will be a few days then before he will operate, so will you please take my reading advising what should be done at this time as I don't want to be operated on until I hear from you... Address your communications to: [5700], Missouri Baptist Sanitarium, 919 North Taylor Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri (4-A Medical Ward)..."
15. 1/25/26 EC gave her seventh reading, 5700-7.

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