Acupuncture (Western References) · Garrison-Morton-Norman

Year	Title & Tags	Author(s)
1683	Dissertatio de arthritide: mantissa schematica: de acupunctura: et orationes tres… Traditional & Indigenous Asia & Pacific Alternative & Fringe Medicine	TEN RHIJNE, Willem (1647 – 1700)
1712	Amoentitatum exoticarum politico-physico-medicarum fasciculi V. Traditional & Indigenous Asia & Pacific Alternative & Fringe Medicine Pharmacology & Therapeutics	KAEMPFER, Engelbert (1651 – 1716)
1774–1780	Histoire de la chirurgie depuis son origine jusqu’a nos jours. 2 vols. Traditional & Indigenous Alternative & Fringe Medicine	PEYRILHE, Bernard (1735 – 1804) DUJARDIN, François (1738 – 1775)
1816	Mémoires sur les maladies chroniques, les évacuations sanguines et l’acupuncture. Traditional & Indigenous Rheumatology, Rehab & Pain	BERLIOZ, Louis V. J. (1776 – 1848)
1821	A treatise on acupuncturation, being a description of a surgical operation originally peculiar to the Japonese and Chinese, and by them denominated zin-king, now introduced into European practice, with directions for its performance, and cases illustrating its success. Traditional & Indigenous Rheumatology, Rehab & Pain	CHURCHILL, James Morss (1796 – 1863)
1825	Mémoires sur l’électro-puncture, considerée comme moyen nouveau de traiter efficacement la goutte, les rheumatisme et les affections nerveuses… Traditional & Indigenous Rheumatology, Rehab & Pain	SARLANDIÈRE, Jean-Baptiste (1787 – 1838)
1825	Mémoire sur l'acupuncture, suivi d'une série d'observations recueillies sous les yeux de M. Jules Cloquet by M. Morand. Traditional & Indigenous Rheumatology, Rehab & Pain	MORAND, J.
1826	Cases illustrative of the remedial effects of acupuncturation. Traditional & Indigenous Rheumatology, Rehab & Pain	BACHE, Franklin (1792 – 1864)
1826	Traité de acupuncture, d'après les observations de M. Jules Cloquet. Édité par Dantu de Vannes. Traditional & Indigenous Rheumatology, Rehab & Pain	CLOQUET, Jules Germain (1790 – 1883) DANTU, T. M.
1831	Mémoire sur la piqûre ou l’acupuncture des artères dans le traitement des anévrismes. Traditional & Indigenous Alternative & Fringe Medicine	VELPEAU, Alfred Armand Louis Marie (1795 – 1867)
1980	Celestial lancets: A history and rationale of acupuncture and moxa. Traditional & Indigenous Alternative & Fringe Medicine Women & Gender	NEEDHAM, Joseph Terence Montgomery (1900 – 1995) LU, Gwei-djen (1904 – 1991)
2000	Acupuncture, expertise and cross-cultural medicine. Traditional & Indigenous Alternative & Fringe Medicine Women & Gender	BIVINS, Roberta E. (1970 – )
2010	Pulse diagnosis in early Chinese medicine: The telling touch. Wih an annotated translation of the Memoir of Chunyu Yi (Canggong zhuan) in the 105th chapter of The Records of the Historian (Shi ji, ca 86 BCE) by Sima Quian, and an anthropological analysis of the first ten medical case histories. Traditional & Indigenous Asia & Pacific Alternative & Fringe Medicine Professions & Education	HSU, Elizabeth

1683 TEN RHIJNE, Willem (1647 – 1700)

Dissertatio de arthritide: mantissa schematica: de acupunctura: et orationes tres…

This work by the resident physician at Deshima, the Dutch East India Company’s trading station in Nagasaki Bay, Japan, contains the first detailed description of acupuncture, and the first illustration of acu-points p…

GMN 6374.1 https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8316

1712 KAEMPFER, Engelbert (1651 – 1716)

Amoentitatum exoticarum politico-physico-medicarum fasciculi V.

Kaempfer’s illustrated accounts of Japanese acupuncture and moxibustion are among the best of the 17th century. They appeared for the first time in the above work and were translated into English in his The History of…

GMN 6374.11 https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8317

1774 –1780 PEYRILHE, Bernard (1735 – 1804); DUJARDIN, François (1738 – 1775)

Histoire de la chirurgie depuis son origine jusqu’a nos jours. 2 vols.

Dujardin seems to be the first European to discuss acupuncture within its historical context as an ancient remedy still found to be of practical value. His section on Chinese and Japanese medicine appears on pp. 75-10…

GMN 6374.12 https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8318

1816 BERLIOZ, Louis V. J. (1776 – 1848)

Mémoires sur les maladies chroniques, les évacuations sanguines et l’acupuncture.

Berlioz, father of the composer, published the first French monograph on acupuncture. He had his best success with muscle and joint stiffness after falls, and rheumatic and arthritic states. Digital facsimile from Goo…

GMN 6374.13 https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8319

1821 CHURCHILL, James Morss (1796 – 1863)

A treatise on acupuncturation, being a description of a surgical operation originally peculiar to the Japonese and Chinese, and by them denominated zin-king, now introduced into European practice, with directions for its performance, and cases illustrating its success.

The first English monograph on acupuncture. Churchill had most success with rheumatic conditions, sciatica, back-pain, etc. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link. The German translation of Churchill…

GMN 6374.14 https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8321

1825 SARLANDIÈRE, Jean-Baptiste (1787 – 1838)

Mémoires sur l’électro-puncture, considerée comme moyen nouveau de traiter efficacement la goutte, les rheumatisme et les affections nerveuses…

The first treatise on electro-puncture – the only significant Western contribution to acupuncture, and one of the most widely used methods of acupuncture today.

GMN 6374.16 https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8328

1825 MORAND, J.

Mémoire sur l'acupuncture, suivi d'une série d'observations recueillies sous les yeux de M. Jules Cloquet by M. Morand.

Little is known about Morand. He refers to his teacher, Jules Cloquet throughout. Cloquet's book on acupuncture was published the following year in 1826. (No. 6829). Digital facsimile of Morand's book from BnF Gallica…

GMN 14163 https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16478

1826 BACHE, Franklin (1792 – 1864)

Cases illustrative of the remedial effects of acupuncturation.

The first original study of acupuncture published in North America, and one of the earliest American publications on the alleviation of pain. Franklin Bache, great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin, was the first American…

GMN 6828 https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8992

1826 CLOQUET, Jules Germain (1790 – 1883); DANTU, T. M.

Traité de acupuncture, d'après les observations de M. Jules Cloquet. Édité par Dantu de Vannes.

As adjunct chief surgeon at the Hôpital St. Louis, Cloquet had an ample number of patients at his disposal, and he was able to test acupuncture on upwards of 300 cases with mostly beneficial results. Cloquet did not p…

GMN 6829 https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8993

1831 VELPEAU, Alfred Armand Louis Marie (1795 – 1867)

Mémoire sur la piqûre ou l’acupuncture des artères dans le traitement des anévrismes.

First attempt at operative treatment of aneurysm.

GMN 2977 https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5123

1980 NEEDHAM, Joseph Terence Montgomery (1900 – 1995); LU, Gwei-djen (1904 – 1991)

Celestial lancets: A history and rationale of acupuncture and moxa.

A section of Needham’s Science and civilisation in China series, separately published. Includes the best bibliography of early Western treatises on acupuncture.

GMN 6374.9 https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8335

2000 BIVINS, Roberta E. (1970 – )

Acupuncture, expertise and cross-cultural medicine.

GMN 11184 https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13381

2010 HSU, Elizabeth

Pulse diagnosis in early Chinese medicine: The telling touch. Wih an annotated translation of the Memoir of Chunyu Yi (Canggong zhuan) in the 105th chapter of The Records of the Historian (Shi ji, ca 86 BCE) by Sima Quian, and an anthropological analysis of the first ten medical case histories.

GMN 7465 https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9637