Abstract
Acupuncture, the mainstay of traditional oriental therapy throughout the millennia, consists of the insertion of needles for various depths into designated parts of the human body. The rationale of this time-honored treatment is derived from concepts of ancient Chinese natural philosophy which today are obsolete in the land of their origin and totally foreign to the modern world. Despite this loss of philosophical background, acupuncture has not only remained highly popular among the peoples of the Orient, but it has recently gained a considerable foothold in Central Europe and Russia. The book here reviewed bears witness to the current practice of acupuncture in England. Its author, Dr. Felix Mann, is a London physician who received his training at Cambridge University and Westminster Hospital. Dissatisfied with the therapeutic limitations of modern medicine he spent several years abroad investigating foreign medical systems. In France he became so impressed with acupuncture that he
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