Acupressure

a method of checking hzemorr- by means of a needle thrust into the ti ues such a way as to pre upon and occlude ve el. ( 25 law for etc. has on law it is on the a was the B.C. the the are con this the by his was of in the ) method vogue, chronic sionally needle thigh, two sionally the le undertaken, quaint ance execution. disrepute, which of the piece Adagio and (1043) burg, panied refused the ling Empcror As to After office, The three different semblance Greece, Eve of ledge; upon tudinous the plained Adan: Cain, of the states strange the the French He entitled and in books Adam. Acupuncture or puncture with a needle, of treatment at one time in considerab now but rarely made use of. In cases | rheumatism and neuralgia it is still occ adopted. In sciatica, for example, a ste is sometimes pa ed into the back of tl right down to the bone, and there left fi or three hours. The relief afforded is occ. considerable, and, if carefully per for me operation is a simple and comparatively paii one. Obviously, however, it is not to be light and, in particular, an intimate a with anatomy is nece ary for its sa Acupuncture has now fallen into son largely on account of the extent quackery has been a ociated with it.