Word: wald
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Acupuncture therapy may well be a form of 'soul' or psychological medicine, just as a surprising amount of western medical technique may be considered more as 'soul' medicine than as actual physiological treatment," Wald said. He cited morphine as one of the western world's 'soul' medicines...
While in China, Wald learned that over 500,000 successful acupuncture analgesia operations had been performed with a success rate of 90 per cent, he said. Wald added that it would not be long until acupuncture analgesia is commonly used throughout the western world...
...people realize, Wald said, that there are two different kinds of acupuncture procedures--acupuncture "therapy," the cure-all procedure practiced in China for thousands of years, and acupuncture "analgesia," a newly-developed technique for eliminating pain. Both procedures involve inserting and twirling needles in the skin, he said...
...Wald commented that although he knows of no physiological evidence that explains acupuncture therapy, the method does appear to work...
...Wald had an acupuncture needle inserted between his thumb and forefinger, he said, to better understand the effects of acupuncture analgesia. He added that as the needle was twirled in his skin for several minutes, he felt an odd sense of numbing and tingling traveling up his arm, but felt no pain...