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...George Wald, Higgins Professor of Biology, yesterday urged a committee of the Massachusetts state legislature to consider legalizing the practice of acupuncture in the state...
...Wald, who witnessed five different acupuncture operations and experienced the procedure himself during a recent trip to China, told the Social Welfare Committee that he believes that acupuncture as a pain remover has a clear physiological basis in medicine...
...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...
...present time churches are doing a better job than most universities in helping the politically oppressed in this country, Wald added...