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Cayce had heartwarming success with children. Bobby F. N. was a five-year-old boy suffering from incoordination of the nervous system. This showed up in crossed eyes, defective hearing, retarded growth, insomnia, and extreme susceptibility to colds and coughs and bouts of chorea (also known as St. Vitus’s dance).

Cayce recommended osteopathic treatments, hot baths followed by cocoa-butter massages, and a controlled diet consisting of whole grains, plenty of silicone, and plenty of vegetables.

The mother brought the boy to me and expressed anxiety over the financial strain on the family. I told her I would treat the lad twice a week and charge only five dollars for one treatment. She was so concerned about following Cayce’s instructions to the letter that she wrote to him to check out my offer with him. Mr. Cayce replied in the following letter, dated August 16, 1944:

I think it is most fortunate that you can get such wonderful cooperation from Dr. Reilly under the circumstances. I feel sure that your son needs the treatments, and if it is a hardship on you and your husband, you are most fortunate in getting these treatments and of course I will agree most heartily, if Dr. Reilly is willing to carry on, we will do the best we can to help.

It is wonderful that he has shown improvement, and I do hope that with following through, you will get real, real results . . .

The treatments continued for one year and eight months. Improvement was gradual but steady. Years later his mother replied to a follow-up questionnaire sent by Gladys Davis Turner: “The first and very important result of the treatments right from the start was his ability to fall asleep at a reasonable hour for a child of that age [7:00 or 7:30 P.M.]. Before that it was 11 or 12 P.M.before he was asleep although he was in bed at the usual time.

“His eyes are perfect now. Vision is perfect, too . . . his hearing is completely normal.

“[He] is now a senior in high school, is an excellent scholar, plays basketball on the team, is 6 feet 4 inches tall and weighs 185 pounds. He’s in good health except that he catches cold easily. If I said more . . . it would sound like boasting.”