Reading 2473-1

TEXT OF READING 2473-1 F 5

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Date: 12/12/1902 Sex: F Age: 5 ReadingID: 9348

This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce, this 12th day of December, 1902.

[Edgar Cayce; (?), Conductor; (?), Steno.]

Time of Reading Unknown. No copy of reading on file. See various newspaper accounts and reports, referring to Case [2473] as well as others, under 294-1 Reports and 2473-1 Reports.

Reports

Reports & Follow-up

R1. 10/8/10 Father’s affidavit:

Edgar Cayce Jr. [Letterhead] Psychic Diagnostician Hopkinsville, Ky.

Cincinnati, Ohio

State of Ohio Hamilton County S.S.

Personally appeared before, Gerrit J. Raidt, a notary public in and for said county, C. H. Dietrich, and after being duly sworn, deposes and says that:-

Aime L. Dietrich, born January, 7th, 1897, at Hopkinsville, Ky., was perfectly strong and healthy until Feb. 1899, when she had an attack of La Grippe, followed by two violent convulsions, each of twenty minutes duration. Dr. T. G. Yates, now of Pensacola, Florida, was the attending physician. Convulsions returned, at irregular intervals, with increasing severity. She would fall just like she was shot, her body would become perfectly rigid, the spells lasting from one to two minutes.

This went on for two years, or until she was four years old. At this time, she was taken to Dr. Linthicum in Evansville, Indiana, and Dr. Walker, also of Evansville, was consultant physician. They said a very peculiar type of nervousness was all that ailed her and proceeded to treat her accordingly, but after several months treatment, with no results, the treatment was stopped.

In a few months, Dr. Oldham [D.O.] of Hopkinsville, Ky. was consulted and he treated her three months, without results. Later he took her for four months more treatment, making seven months in all, but without results. She was now six years old and getting worse, had as many as twenty convulsions in one day, her mind was a blank, all reasoning power was entirely gone.

March 1st, 1902, she was taken to Dr. Hoppe of Cincinnati, O., who made a most thorough examination. He pronounced her a perfect specimen physically, except for the brain affection, concerning which he state that only nine cases of this peculiar type were reported in Medical Records, and every one of these had proved fatal. He told us that nothing could be done, except to give her good care, as her case was hopeless and she would die soon in one of these attacks.

At this period our attention was called to Mr. Edgar Cayce, who was asked to diagnose the case. By auto-suggestion, he went into a sleep or trance and diagnosed her case as one of congestion at base of the brain, stating also minor details. He outlined to Dr. A. C. Layne [Al C. Layne, D.O.], now of Griffin, Ga., how to proceed to cure her. Dr. Layne treated her accordingly, every day for three weeks, using Mr. Cayce occasionally to follow up the treatment, as results developed. Her mind began to clear up about the eighth day and within three months she was in perfect health, and is so to this day. This case can be verified by many of the best citizens of Hopkinsville, Ky. And further deponent, saith not.

Signed- C. H. Dietrich.

Sworn to and subscribed before me, on this eighth day of October, A.D. 1910

Gerrit J. Raidt, Notary Public, Hamilton Co., O.

R2. 10/9/10 See N.Y. Times article, 294-1, Par. R1.

R3. 10/17/10 Mrs. Dietrich’s letter:

AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY (Incorporated in New York)

300 Pike Street Cincinnati, [crossed out]

Winchester Ky.

Dear Madam:-

Your note to Mr. Dietrich just received, and he requested me to reply.

I would say to you, that every word in the clipping you enclosed is true, except that our little girl was SIX instead of EIGHT years of age when the cure was effected. Mr. Thalheimer knows absolutely nothing about it, except, that he knows my husband - they are business friends in the American Book Co. office in Cin.

Any communication addressed to Dr. W. H. Ketchum, Hopkinsville, Ky, will tell you all you care to know, as Mr. Cayce is with him at this time. Mr. Cayce is NO fake. Hoping you will get relief - I am sincerely yours

[signed] Mrs. C. H. Dietrich

R4. See Source File Key #2473 for an information pamphlet for EDGAR CAYCE, PSYCHIC DIAGNOSTICIAN (Anniston, Alabama), which includes a reprint of Mrs. Dietrich’s letter (in previous Report, above), re 2473-1.

R5. 2/9/11 See the Chicago Examiner, Sunday edition, re EC’s work.

R6. 1/6/12 Mayor Meacham’s letter:

CITY OF HOPKINSVILLE, KENTUCKY 1707 EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT CHAS. M. MEACHAM, Mayor Hopkinsville, Ky.

To Whom it May Concern:

I have known Edgar Cayce Jr. since his boyhood. He is considered an honest, upright young man, quiet and unassuming. He possesses a power that is out of the ordinary, being what is known as a Psychic Diagnostician. He is not a Clairvoyant, a palmist, hypnotist or a fortune teller in any sense of the word. I have known of his work several years from current talk and newspaper reports, but more especially through some of my personal friends and acquaintances who have had Mr. Cayce to diagnose and prescribe for them or some member of their families, proving in each case to be highly satisfactory and effecting a cure. I witnessed some of his work a short while ago and while it was an out of town case and made at long distance, I am told the patient was highly pleased and pronounced his work correct, as far as he could tell. He uses even the most difficult technical terms and seems to be very accurate. I do not understand Mr. Cayce’s work or how it is accomplished, but as far as I can hear, where the treatment is followed that he prescribes, the patient gets the desired results. He is a wonder to all who have seen his work.

[signed] Chas. M. Meacham Mayor

R7. 8/13/12 F. C. Askenstedt’s letter to EC:

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL RESEARCH F. C. ASKENSTEDT, M.D. OF EDUCATIONAL COMMITTEE.

Louisville, Ky.

Dear Mr. Cayce:

Your letter of July 28th came duly to to hand, and I was glad to hear from you.

I have written to Dr. Ketchum for the verbal reports obtained during your seances, describing your patients conditions, and the clinical reports furnished these patients by various hospitals, which he has once shown me, but so far I have not had any reply from him. If you have any of these in your possession and you expect to go to New York in November, please send them to Dr. James Krauss, 419 Boylston St., Boston, Mass, who will return them to you later. They are the most convincing argument in your favor that I know of, and will greatly aid in interesting some specialist to investigate your case.

Miss Jennie Glass, of Hopkinsville, is here visiting us, and she has every confidence in your diagnostic ability.

However glad we should be to have your case presented at the meeting, I see no way of defraying the expenses for your trip. I was under the impression that you were consulted by a large number of well-to-do people from others states, through the reports stated at our meeting in Boston, and that you were given proper compensation for your time and efforts.

It is not likely that I shall attend the meeting this year, as I have already been East this summer, but if you decide to go, you will find a most cordial reception by Dr. Krauss, the secretary, and I am sure he will make it quite pleasant for you, and he will see to it that your case will be properly managed.

With the best wishes, I am

Yours very truly, [signed] F. C. Askenstedt

R8. 1/22/21 Dr. Al C. Layne’s letter re his work with EC between 1901-1905:

Griffin, Ga.

To whom it may concern.

This is to certify that I think one, Edgar Cayce, is one of the greatest Phychics [psychics] of the 20th Century.

About 1901 he lost his voice and could not talk for quite awhile, specialists claimed vocal chords were paralyzed.

I decided to use Psychology and found him to be an exceptionally good Phychic [psychic]. He being able to diagnose his own case, giving cause, and treatment to remove. After this experience with him I had him to diagnose cases for me up to 1905, diagnosing over one hundred cases. I found his diagnosis correct in every case, giving cause and treatment to remove same. I think if he would devote his entire time to diagnosing with some one who knew how to handle him properly, he would become the wonder of the 20th Century.

Yours very truly [signed] Dr. A. C. Layne.

R9. 1/20/59 Lois D. Freeman’s letter to HLC:

880 Maywick Dr. Lexington, Ky.

Dr. Hugh Lynn Cayce Virginia Beach, Va.

Dear Dr. Cayce:

Your letter of Jan. 15 has been received, and I shall be happy to comply with your request for information on the life of Aimee Dietrich.

I read “There Is a River,” several years ago and found Mr. Sugrue’s statements concerning my sister’s case correct, as far as I can remember. I myself was only a child at the time. There was one mistake that he made, tho not of major importance. He represents my mother, Mrs. C. H. Dietrich, as having a conversation with a famous psychologist from Harvard who visited Hopkinsville investigating Edgar Cayce’s work. To my certain knowledge that did not occur, as our family moved from Hopkinsville to Winchester, Ky., in the fall of 1909.

Aimee L. Dietrich, 6 years old, pronounced a hopeless case of epilepsy, improved rapidly after a reading by Edgar Cayce and treatment by Dr. A. C. Layne. In three weeks time she was able to sit up in a chair and cut out pictures. She entered school the following year, attending schools in Hopkinsville and Winchester, Ky. She graduated second in her class from Winchester High School, and entered the University of Kentucky in 1916. A year or two later the convulsions recurred and medical treatment was ineffective. She became interested in Christian Science and had a healing experience. She reentered the U. of Kentucky and graduated with honors in 1930 or 1931. In 1933 she suffered a severe case of influenza from which she never recovered. Glandular tuberculosis developed and she passed away on March 20, 1934, at the age of 37.

Signed: Lois D. Freeman, sister (Mrs. J. F. Freeman)

R10. 8/31/71 Mr. Walter J. Roth of Carmel, California, as told at Asilomar:

MR. ADRIANCE: About the Dietrichs. What did you start to tell me?

MR. ROTH: Well, as I came into the picture with Delight Ramble in 1918 I was a service man at Cornell, Ithaca, New York, and she was in charge of the music department of the American Book Company in Cincinnati. She had gone to Cornell to confer with Hollis Dan who had written the music book and then, that was in 1918, but it took three years for me to win her and in 1921 we were married.

I had some work at the Department of Agriculture at Lexington, Kentucky, and that is where I met Lois Dietrich, the father and Amy, the girl who had had this successful experience with Cayce. I can’t give you too many details about the healing except that they were very much pleased with Cayce’s diagnosis of her problem. At first, this man who attempted to make the adjustments which were necessary for her recovery didn’t do them properly and Cayce had to repeat his instructions and finally it was successful.

I knew Amy at the lab from about 1929 - it must have been up to 1936 - I went to Lexington frequently - but I think Amy died later of Parkinson’s Disease [see previous Report above, sister’s letter 1/20/59 saying that Aimee L. Dietrich died 3/20/34, at the age of 37, from glandular tuberculosis, following a severe case of influenza in 1933]. Her sister, Lois, her older sister, had married a man by the name of Joe Freeman, who was in the Experiment Station at Lexington. I think that’s about it.

Recorded by: [signed] Robert A. Adriance

Background

Background

None.

Mentioned Entities

Hopkinsville, Ohio, Kentucky, Wesley Ketchum, Glands (Esoteric), Healing, New York City, Thomas Sugrue, Alabama, California, Chicago, Clairvoyance, Essene Community (Biblical), Florida, Hugh Lynn Cayce, Photography (Atlantean), Virginia Beach

Source: The Complete Edgar Cayce Readings, A.R.E. CD-ROM (2006). Reading 2473-1, ReadingID 9348.