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Acupuncture and Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation Acupuncture Introduction Acupuncture is an ancient Chin The study of folk medicine by anthro Ronald Melzack ese medical procedure that has been pologists and medical historians has PhO in continuous practice for at least revealed an astonishing array of in Patrick D Wall 2000 years. It was first described in genious methods to relieve pain MO,BCh, DM the western world by the Dutch (Brockbank, 1954). Every culture, it Department of Psychology, McGill physician Willem ten Rhyne in 1683. appears, has learned to fight pain University, Montreal, Quebec, Basically, the procedure involves the with pain: in general, brief, moderate Canada and Department of insertion of fine needles (made of pain tends to abolish Severe, pro Anatomy, University College, steel, gold or other metals) through longed .pain. One of the oldest London, England. specific points at the skin and then methods is cupping, in which a glass Correspondence: DrRonald Melzack, Depart twirling them for some time at a slow cup is heated up (by coals or flaming ment of Psychology, McGill University, 1205 rate. The needles may also be left in alcohol) and then inverted over the Docteur Penfield Avenue, Montreal, PQ, Canada H3A1B1. place
Acupuncture in Medicine – SAGE
Published: Jan 1, 1986
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