ACUPUNCTURATION

Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art · 1842 · p. 1

(Lat. acus, a needle, and punctura, a puncture.) Pricking with a needle. In the East this is a common remedy for painful affections of different parts of the body. It has lately been extensively practised here for the cure of chronic rheumatism, a long and sharp needle being thrust into the affected muscles. [s. 26]