9/08/44 Report in answer to Questionnaire asking for history
of case, etc.:
Association for Research and Enlightenment
Virginia Beach, Va.
Dear Members:
In compliance with your request I am sending you the data on
my physical condition at the time of the Reading.
In May of this year I was underweight, easily fatigued,
and slow. I was having arthritic and rheumatic pains in my
fingers, heels, neck, and back. I was having headaches over
my eyes, in the top of my head, and at the base of the skull.
I was having intermittent earache and an almost constantly
irritated throat. My eyes were swollen the first few
hours of the morning and were almost always red-rimmed.
I was troubled with double vision. My cheek bones ached
occasionally. There was a post nasal discharge. My neck
was stiff and my head jerked frequently. I was tense
and irritable. My left leg had a queer, heavy feeling.
Frequently there was pain in the left abdomen and in the left
pelvic region. The elimination was poor. The bladder had to
be voided frequently. I was on a restricted diet: no fried
food, no port, no cabbage, cauliflower, no dried beans, no
wheat products, no nuts, to mention a few things I could not
eat.
I have always been underweight. During the last ten years
or so I have tried to gain weight; but I have usually had no
success; I continue to weigh between 110 and 120. I am five
feet, five and one half inches tall. About eight summers
ago, I drank a glass of milk at each meal and one every hour
between meals; and I rested about 14 hours a day. By the
end of the summer I weighted 128, but after school started,
I soon started loosing weight. I was under the care of a
physician at the time.
I have been easily fatigued for the last twenty years or
so. As I grew older, the condition became worse. A doctor
advised me to take sun baths to build up strength. I did
each summer from 1934 to 1942. The sun baths helped, but
they didn't cure. I also took vitamins under a doctor's
directions; they helped. Also, I rested in bed one or two
extra hours a day.
I have not always been slow. As a child I was very
quick-motioned. But when I'd ask a doctor why I was so slow,
I would be told that that was my nature. I believe I began
to be slow about 35 years ago.
The post nasal discharge started, I believe, about 35 years
ago. Nothing was done about it until about 15 years ago.
Then I started having treatments by nose specialists, who
would drain the sinuses after an acute infection. There
was never any cure.
The arthritis and rheumatism started about 15 years ago. I
was advised to have my tonsils removed. I did so and had
relief for awhile. In about two years it reappeared. A
doctor said colitis was causing it; he treated the colitis;
but the condition grew worse. Another doctor said it was
caused by sinus infection and infected second growth tonsils.
The tonsils were removed and the sinuses were treated. The
condition improved, but remained. Then a tooth root was
discovered and removed. The condition improved. During this
time the doctor was giving me an intravenous injection to
fight the arthritis. I took those injections for about a
year, I think. It has been 6 or 7 years since I had those
injections. Since those treatments, the arthritis has never
been so severe as it was prior to the treatments.
I don't remember when I started having headache over my eyes.
Those in the top of my head started within the last ten
years. Nothing was ever done about them. Those at the base
of the skull started about 5 years ago. The doctor said my
eyes were causing them. When I had my glasses changed, the
headaches ceased being prostrating, but they continued to
come.
The intermittent earache has been with me for over 15 years.
The ear doctor would say that there was nothing in the ear
itself to cause it; that it could come from the sinuses or
the teeth. The dentist would say there was nothing wrong
with the teeth to cause it.
As a child I was subject to frequent attacks of tonsillitis.
As I grew older I continued to have these attacks; and I had
an irritated throat between attacks. After the tonsils were
removed, the condition did not improve. I have used various
gargles that brought temporary relief; usually warm soda
water or warm salt water.
I don't remember when I first noticed that my eyes were
swollen when I first arose, but it has been for a good many
years. My eyes having been red rimmed for the last seven
or eight years. Two years ago the eye doctor advised me to
take vitamin A to strengthen the eyes. Vitamin A did help,
I believe. About five years ago I noticed that I was seeing
double when I was lying down or when I was very tired.
Nothing was done about that condition until this summer.
My cheek bones started aching about 4 or 5 years ago. A nose
specialist has drained those sinuses three or four times,
bringing temporary relief.
My neck has been stiff for 15 years or more. Nothing had
been done about it at the time of the Reading. My head
started jerking in the spring of 1943. When I consulted
a doctor about another condition, I told her about this
jerking; but she did nothing about it.
It seems to me that I have been tense and nervous for the
last 30 years. The condition grew worse as I grew older.
Nothing was done about it, except that once in awhile a
doctor would gave me a sedative, which would help for awhile.
About 6 years ago, my left leg started having a queer prickly
feeling. The doctor who was consulted about it, said that
it was caused by a glandular disturbance and nothing could
be done about it. A year or so later another doctor said it
was neuritis; that the cause would have to be found before it
could be remedied. Gradually the prickly feeling gave way to
a heavy feeling.
The intermittent pain in the left abdomen has been there for
over 30 years. No doctor has ever told me what it was or has
done anything for it.
The pain in the pelvic region started a year or so ago.
One night last winter it was so severe that I consulted a
doctor about it the next day. After giving me a thorough
examination, she said she didn't know what was causing it.
The elimination has been poor since I can remember. With the
years the condition has grown worse. I have taken exercises
to correct it; also mineral oil, salts, bile pills, castor
oil, agar, other laxatives and enemas. This spring I was
having to use a laxative every three or four days.
The last four or five years when I was home and drinking
liquids between meals, the bladder had to be voided as often
as every hour. During this period whenever the urine was
examined, nothing was found wrong with it. About 10 years
ago there was an infection of the bladder; but the doctor
gave some sort of oil that cleared it quickly. Sixteen years
ago following an operation there was pus in the urine, but
that quickly cleared.
I have been on a more or less restricted diet for the last
15 years. Twelve years ago the doctor diagnosed my case as
ulcer of the stomach. He put me on a slightly restricted
diet. But at the end of the year, being no better, I
consulted another doctor, who gave the same diagnosis. He
put me on a very strict diet, starting with a milk diet and
gradually working back to a normal diet. I was treated for
that condition for about three years altogether. And since
that time, I've had a very "finicky" stomach.
Each fall since 1933, I have had hay fever. I have taken no
treatments for that.
Yours truly, [
5734]
9/08/44 [
5734]'s letter:
Association for Research and Enlightenment
Virginia Beach, Va.
Dear Members:
I am sending this report a little early, for after school
starts, I know from past experience that I shall be short
on time.
Since sending in the first report, I have finished the
treatments as outlined in the Reading. I followed the
directions exactly as given, with the exceptions as noted
in the first report. Dr. McBride gave the treatments as he
thought the Reading directed.
I am much, much better than I was when I started the
treatments. I can get work done more quickly and with much
less fatigue. Now, at the end of the day, I am tired, but
not exhausted. I still have pains, but they are milder. The
sinuses are noticeably less congested; and as a result my
voice has a better tone. The digestive tract is working
better. I've had fried chicken three times within the last
week. The first time there was no discomfort, but the third
time there was a slight discomfort. However, three months
ago, fried chicken would have caused great distress.
The elimination is better, but I still have to use a laxative
every ten days or so. I still have gas, but not nearly so
much. The bladder has to be voided only every two to four
hours, whereas at the beginning of the treatments, it was
every hour.
My nerves are much steadier than they were. My head still
jerks occasionally, but much less frequently.
I should like to know:
Is Mr. Cayce's name pronounced Case or Casey?
If I have a flare-up of sinus trouble, would it help to use
the fumes without the rest of the treatments?
"Begin the laxatives with the use of a vegetable compound
taken in broken doses, any that is of the senna base; such
as the properties in Syrup of Figs, or Castoria or Caldwell's
Syrup of Pepsin. Flush the system afterwards with doses
of mineral salts, as Honeyida Water or Sal Hepatica," I
understood this to mean: Take the liquid, 1/2 teaspoon at
a time during the day, until a tablespoonful has been taken;
then the next morning take a dose of Sal Hepatica. Is that
correct?
Just before the directions for the treatments are given,
the Reading has this: "Even when improved do not leave
off entirely, but periodically repeat the applications for
stimulation and better activity through the body." Does
that mean to repeat the entire set of treatments? Does
periodically mean every year or what?
Should the report be sent to any certain officer of the
Association?
I shall send another report sometime in December.
I am deeply grateful to Mr. and Mrs. Cayce and the
Association.
Yours sincerely, [
5734]
P.S. My eyes have improved to the point that there is only
a slight double vision; the new glasses are to correct this
defect.
9/16/44 Grace Premo answered her questions. Grace was doing
volunteer work. EC was quite ill and resting in Roanoke,
Va.:
Houston 8, Texas
Dear Mrs. [
5734]
Thank you very much for such a complete report. It is only
through receiving such information that our research may be
of value to those who come to us for help.
Mr. Cayce's name is pronounced "Casey". It is amusing to see
how it provokes him to have it misspelled - it is so rare for
him to have ANY dislikes!
Beginning with the paragraph which starts "As we find", count
to the fourth paragraph [Par. 6], and study this carefully.
As we interpret it, you should not go too long without
repeating the entire routine of the reading. Apparently the
inhalant was given as a local relief to the sinus passages,
and should be helpful if used alone in times of acute
distress in those areas, but of course you want to
eliminate the CAUSE, so do continue with the entire
series periodically.
In the third paragraph on Page Two [Par. 9], it is indicated
that you should take three complete series, leave off for two
weeks, then take the complete series for three times. From
then on, whenever you feel that you are in need - don't wait
until you are sick - repeat this whole procedure.
Use the laxatives in very small doses for three days at a
time, using the mineral salts on the fourth day. Then leave
off until there is need to repeat this. If you find that 1/2
teaspoon is too much, using it for three days, cut down the
amount of each dose, but take it for the three consecutive
days.
We would suggest that you try broiled chicken, rather than
fried. Fried foods are usually not beneficial.
Hoping that we may be of further service,
Sincerely, Gladys Davis, Sec'y [via Grace Premo, Volunteer,
friend of EC and member of his Tuesday night Bible Class]
12/31/44 [
5734]'s letter to GD:
Miss Gladys Davis, Secretary
Association for Research and Enlightenment
Virginia Beach, Va.
Dear Miss Davis:
Thank you very much for your gracious and helpful letter of
September 16.
I am sorry that Mr. Cayce has been ill for so long. My
prayer is that his prayers may be answered [See Dec. '44
A.R.E. Bulletin].
I am writing to give a report on my condition at this time.
I am improving right along. Though I still have all the
former pains, they are milder and not so frequent. The
digestive tract is improving, and especially so since, within
the last week, I do not have cereals and citrus fruit at the
same meal. However, I have to use a laxative whenever there
is a flare up of the sinus trouble. These flare-ups have
been frequent since the cold weather started. And, too,
during the hay fever season, from the middle of September
to about the middle of October, I had to use the laxative
almost continuously. I use the laxative according to your
directions in your last letter. The hay fever this fall was
the mildest it had been in the last seven or eight years.
But two of my fellow-sufferers said that they had it in a
very bad form this fall. As usual the hay fever ended with
a sinus infection; but the infection was milder than it had
been in previous years. I used the fumes three nights a
week for a period of three weeks; they helped. And whenever
there is a new flare-up, I use the fumes. I have gas only
occasionally now. The bladder has to be voided only every
two to four hours. My nerves are steadier and my sleep is
sounder. My head still jerks occasionally. And since I am
feeling so much better, my disposition has improved just a
lot. My eyes are better.
I am deeply grateful to Mr. and Mrs. Cayce and the
Association.
Yours sincerely, [
5734]
1/27/45 Letter: "I was grieved today when I learned through
the Bulletin of Mr. Cayce's death. He was a truly great man.
"Because of the help, physical and spiritual, which I have
received from the Association, I should like to aid in
keeping the Association going."
8/29/45 [
5734]'s letter to GD:
Miss Gladys Davis
320 Arctic Circle
Virginia Beach, Va.
Dear Miss Davis:
This report is two months over due; but I wanted to wait
till I had taken the treatments again this summer before
I sent it. I am much better than I was when I started the
treatments last summer. I know I was better, but I didn't
realize how much better I am until I read, just a few minutes
ago, the report I sent you September 8, 1944. While I am on
the subject of my improvement, I want to tell you this. A
woman whom I have known for over ten years and whom I see at
least once every week, remarked to me the other day that she
had never seen me looking so well as I am now looking.
I started the treatment as given in my Reading, about the
middle of June; I have a few more osteopathic treatments yet
to take. At the close of school this June I was in a run
down condition; but even so, I was in a better condition
than in June, 1944.
At the present I am still underweight, tho I have gained a
few pounds this last month. I still tire easily, but not
nearly so quickly as in May, 1944. I am faster in getting my
work done than I was. For about four weeks, during the last
of June and the first of July, I had arthritis, not disabling
but painful, in my fingers. I changed my diet so that I had
more alkaline than acid forming food. Since then I have had
very little arthritis. I very rarely have headaches now. I
have earache very seldom, but I have trouble with my throat
quite often, but not in such a severe form as in the spring
of 1944. My eyes have improved. I still have some post
nasal discharge. My neck is in much better condition, and
my head jerks only once in awhile. I am much more relaxed
and calm. Very rarely do I have gas, the pain in the left
abdomen, and in the left pelvic region. The elimination is
much improved; I haven't taken a laxative since July 31. And
the bladder condition is also improved. My left leg does not
have the heavy feeling, but occasionally it has the prickly
feeling. My diet is still restricted, tho this summer I have
eaten tomatos, which I haven't been able to eat for years.
I know that God has brought about the improvement by means
of the treatments as given in the Reading. I shall always
be grateful to Mr. and Mrs. Cayce and you.
Sincerely yours, [
5734]
11/30/61 GD's note: Mrs. [
5734] has remained an active,
sponsoring member of A.R.E. all these years.
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