ACUPUNCTURE: THE ANCIENT CHINESE ART OF HEALING, Felix Mann (VG, 1963 HB 1st)
Item History & Price
ACUPUNCTURE - THE ANCIENT CHINESE ART OF HEALING, by Felix Mann, M.B., Foreword by Aldous Huxley, 1963 1st U.S. edition, Random House (NY), 8.5 x 5.75-inch HB/DJ, very good-plus overall condition (book is strong VG+ - clean and tight, straight corners, bright covers and pages; DJ is VG - bright and clean with a chip each at upper corners, small chips at spine edges, a tiny tear at lower rear edge, and 2 short, very slender missing pieces at upper rear edge near spine; $7.50 at u...pper front flap).
This is a complete overview of the history, practice, and validity of acupuncture, which goes back to ancient Chinese times. Text is enhanced by many diagrams and charts. The author was a British physician who trained at Cambridge University and Westminister Hospital. When he grew frustrated with the results of orthodox medical treatment in his own practice, he spent several years working as a doctor in other countries and studying new medical theories. While in France he witnessed the curing of an appendicitis patient by a needle-prick below the knee. He began studying acupuncture, working with practitioners in Europe and later a Vietnamese doctor. He also learned Chinese in order to read ancient texts in the original language. This is a serious book on the subject.
Per Aldous Huxley, "That a needle stuck into one's foot should improve the functioning of one's liver is obviously incredible...(but) as a matter of empirical fact, it does happen. Inserted at precisely the right point, the needle in the foot regularly affects the functioning of the liver."
The only matching hardback on eBay with a DJ and accompanying photo is $35.00 + $4.50 shipping. It looks to be very good without a mylar cover.
My Buy-It-Now price of $20.00 includes shipping with cardboard backing in a padded envelope via media mail, which takes around 7 days with tracking.
This is a complete overview of the history, practice, and validity of acupuncture, which goes back to ancient Chinese times. Text is enhanced by many diagrams and charts. The author was a British physician who trained at Cambridge University and Westminister Hospital. When he grew frustrated with the results of orthodox medical treatment in his own practice, he spent several years working as a doctor in other countries and studying new medical theories. While in France he witnessed the curing of an appendicitis patient by a needle-prick below the knee. He began studying acupuncture, working with practitioners in Europe and later a Vietnamese doctor. He also learned Chinese in order to read ancient texts in the original language. This is a serious book on the subject.
Per Aldous Huxley, "That a needle stuck into one's foot should improve the functioning of one's liver is obviously incredible...(but) as a matter of empirical fact, it does happen. Inserted at precisely the right point, the needle in the foot regularly affects the functioning of the liver."
The only matching hardback on eBay with a DJ and accompanying photo is $35.00 + $4.50 shipping. It looks to be very good without a mylar cover.
My Buy-It-Now price of $20.00 includes shipping with cardboard backing in a padded envelope via media mail, which takes around 7 days with tracking.
