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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1973-01-31, Page 6"Yes, I advertised for an aggressive, ambitious young Man. Now, if you'll get out of my chair, I'll interview you." QUEEN'S HOTEL -- BRUSSELS "THE MAITLAND TRIO" from Goderich Friday and Saturday Nights Good Food On The Menu IC=X2=41C=XX===MX===X$1===.1KX SUNDAY, FEB. 4 Mrs. Charity MacDonald 11 Former Missionary to Trinidad and now Director of Nur- sing at the Alexandra Marine & General Hospital, Goderich WILL SPEAK PLUS Special. Music e AT Westfield Fellowship Hour - 2 p.m. Huron Men's Chapel, Auburn 8 p.m. You're as welcome as the flowers in May EVIL PREVAILS WHEN GOOD MEN DO NOTHING ant 887- Little Ads do big jobs. Brussels Post Want Ads Do More Things For More People At A Lower Cost, In Brussels Dial .887-0641 To. Place Your Brussels Want Ad. 6-.THE BRUSSELS, Foiti JANUARY 31;, 101 NIM St t s Acupuncture is political, London professor states HoWick 'Lions hold Bingo Acupuncture is political, Darwin Semotiuk, London, Professor of Physical Education at the University of Western Ontario, told the Public Health Nurse's of Huron County at a staff conference held in Seaforth Friday. He said the creation of acu- puncture, anaethesia, is an ex- ample of the good results which come from carrying out Chair- man Mao's instruction on com- bining Chinese and Western Medicine and taking China's own road in the development of medi- cine. It is a great victory for Chairman Mao's proletarian line in health work and scientific re- search, he said. Mr. Semotiuk spent a month on a Sport and Physical Culture tour in the People's Republic of China in May 1972, visiting factories, hospitals, schools, communes, etc. He showed slides of pictures taken while there and gave an account of his thoughts and impressions on what is happening in the country. Mr. Semotiuk provided an overview of China prior to the birth of the People's Republic of China and then of the way of life in modern day China. He said for the past two de- cades the main emphasis in medi- cine is preventative medicine and that health work should primarily serve the masses of the labouring people, the workers, peasants and soldiers. He said too the stress is put on the rural areas - where 80 per cent of the populat- ion lives. After outlining the health pro— gram, the training of nurses and doctors and the achievements in medicine he explained acu- puncture, which he said perhaps could be regarded as one of the most significant breakthroughs in modern medicine. China's medical and scientific workers have created acupuncture anaes- thesia by applying modern scien- tific knowledge and methods and summing up 'and improving on the experience of traditional Chinese mediCine in stopping pain and curing ailments with needling. Acupuncture is political, he said as he outlined the history of it as first appearing in 200 BC for the treatment of pain. Since 1958 it has really developed and expanded. Mr. Semotiuk. explained the theory behind acupuncture which to the western mind seems more metaphysical than medical. A brief outline of the details he gave, is that life energy flows from organ to organ through the network of channels beneith the skin called meridians. There are twelve meridians running on either side of the body that re- present the organs, the two "extra" meridians, one along the centre in the front of the body and one in the back. He explained that arrayed along the network of meridians are 500 to 800 specific poInts that the acupuncturist must learn to pierce with his needles to cor- rect imbalances in the flow of life energy. Following a complex group of laws regarding the re- lationship between the various organs, he may twirl his needles in points along several meridians in order to alleviate a disorder in one organ. He said the needles vary from half an inch to several inches in length and the depth of insertion as well as the way they are twirled and vibrated affects the treatment. Mr. Semotiuk said he had had them inserted in his hand and the insertion was painless. Recovery was much like the freezing com- ing out after dental work. He explained that acupuncture is being used as an anaesthetic, as a pain killer, in the treatment of rheumatism, deaf-mutes and ' paralysis following polio- myelitis. Mr. Semotiuk spoke of the centres in Canada and the Unit4d States where acupuncture is being studied and used. He was most en- thusiastic as he spoke of major operations •he has watched where it was used as an anaesthetic and the patient remained comfortable and fully conscious during the surgery. Mr. Semotiuk concluded his talk by saying there is a populai phrase in the new China ""we should strive to learn from the people of the world', and he said it would appear that we should be adopting a similar philosophy when dealing with the question of acupuncture, for Western medicine has much to learn from the People's Republic of China. 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