Acupuncture

A Visit to China.

In September 1971 Dr. Paul Dudley White of Massachusetts General Hospital, and Dr. E. Grey Dimond of the University of Missouri Medical School, along with their wives, were invited to the Peoples' Republic of China by the China Medical Association. When the western physicians expressed an interest in acupuncture, they were invited to witness several surgical procedures using this traditional form of Chinese medicine. Acupuncture involves the placement of needles at strategic points on the body as an anesthetic or to treat acute or chronic conditions. While acupuncture had been practiced for years among Chinese Americans, it was not until President Richard Nixon visited China in 1972 that this different means of treatment was publicized to other Americans.

How Does It Work?

Dr. John W. C. Fox, a Brooklyn anesthesiologist, hypothesized that it worked on the "gate control" technique. According to his...

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