{"id":6786,"date":"2016-03-17T10:00:26","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T14:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/?p=6786"},"modified":"2016-03-16T16:24:02","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T20:24:02","slug":"acupuncture-anesthesia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/2016\/03\/17\/acupuncture-anesthesia\/","title":{"rendered":"Acupuncture Anesthesia"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post is part of an ongoing series featuring items recently cataloged from the Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection<\/a>.\"Img0044\"<\/em><\/p>\n

In the 1950s Chinese physicians in the People’s Republic of China began to wonder if acupuncture, which was typically used to treat pain, could actually be used to prevent<\/em> pain during surgical procedures, which led to what we refer to here as acupuncture anesthesia. \u00a0 The volume Acupuncture Anesthesia<\/em> was published by a division of Pfizer Pharamaceuticals during a closed-circuit symposium in 1974.<\/p>\n

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Most of the illustrations that are pictured in this volume come from the film “Acupuncture Anaesthesia” produced by the Shanghai Film Studio, which was telecast during the symposium. \u00a0The stills shown to the left are from a craniotomy using acupuncture anesthesia. \u00a0First they prepare the patient, then the neurosurgeon drills a burr hole before removing the bone flap, and the final image is after the surgery where they are testing cranial nerve function. \"Img0048\"\u00a0Acupuncture needles are made of stainless steel and vary in both length and thickness. \u00a0According to this volume one metal has never been proved superior to another so stainless steel is typically used because of the low cost. \u00a0Besides a straight needle other types are often used by acupuncturists as well. \u00a0In the image below are a few\u00a0other examples, the triangular shaped points are used for releasing blood and the round needles for massage. \u00a0One that I had never seen before is the mallet which has seven small needles clustered in the head and is typically used for children in a rapid, tapping movement. \u00a0\u00a0\"Img0047\"<\/a><\/p>\n

To learn more about our views of acupuncture in the 1970s you can find Acupuncture anesthesia<\/em>. \u00a0New York : Pfizer, 1974. RD85.A25 A18 1974<\/a>\u00a0in Countway’s<\/a> collection.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Alison Harris, Santo Domingo Project Manager, and Joan Thomas, Rare Book Cataloger at Countway for contributing this post.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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