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Title: Acupuncture : The Ancient Chinese Art of Healing and How it Works Scientifically by Felix Mann ISBN: 0-394-71727-9 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 12 January, 1973 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $10.00

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Average Customer Rating: 2 (1 review)

Rating: 2
Summary: Dated and arrogant
Comment: While it was probably fascinating at the time it was published, the science in this little book has become increasingly dated, and the conclusions Mann drew from it sound increasingly strange as a result. Mann was one of the first Westerners to become truly intrigued by acupuncture, but this treatment of the subject comes across as misinformed and somewhat arrogant or patronizing, almost thirty years later. A vast amount of research into the physiological effects of acupuncture has been published since this book's first printing. Acupuncture Efficacy, by Birch and Hammerschlag, is a relatively current survey of controlled studies.

Mann's book has introduced many to the subject of acupuncture. Too bad that it's so far from presenting acupuncture on its own terms, and that it hasn't been updated to include current research. Kaptchuk's "the Web that Has No Weaver" contains less specifically acupuncture-oriented information, but it is probably still the best general introduction to Chinese medicine, of which acupuncture is a part.

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