Acupuncture
ACUPUNCTURE (from Lat. acus, a needle, and pungere, to prick), a form of surgical operation, performed by pricking the part affected with a needle. It has long been used by the Chinese in cases of headaches, lethargies, convulsions, colics, etc. (See SURGERY.)
Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)
