Acupuncture Needles
Catalog Record: Acupuncture Needles
Access Key: aijr
Accession No.: 2003-11-13-3
Title: [ Churchill acupuncture needles.]
Author: Churchill, James Morss, 1796?-1863.
Title variation: Alt Title
Title: Churchill-type acupuncture needles.
Title variation: Alt Title
Title: Churchill’s acupuncture needles.
Physical Descript: 3 needles : steel, ivory ; in case 7 x 3 x 3 cm.
Subject: Needles, Acupuncture.
Subject: Acupuncture – instrumentation.
Note Type: General
Notes: Title from the Wood Library Museum’s name for the item.
Note Type: With
Notes: In case measuring 7 x 3 x 3 cm. Lined with satin and velvet.
Note Type: Citation
Notes: Churchill JM. A Treatise on Acupuncturation … . London: Simpkins &
Marshall. 1821.
Note Type: Citation
Notes: Conlay LA, Sim P. Acupuncture from East to West: Chinese medicine and
therapeutics: Early texts represented in the WLM collection. American Society
of Anesthesiologists Newsletter. September 2007;71(9).
Note Type: Citation
Notes: Bause G, Conlay LA, Robins J. Treasures of the WLM. American Society of
Anesthesiologists Newsletter. September 2006;70(9):7.
Note Type: Physical Description
Notes: Steel sewing needles with ivory finger holds; Two of the needles measure 7 cm
in length (with head) and one measures 6 cm. in length.
Note Type: Reproduction
Notes: Photographed by Mr. William Lyle July 13, 2010.
Note Type: Historical
Notes: A Treatise on Acupuncturation (1823), by James Morss Churchill, was the
earliest English monograph on acupuncture. It was reported that he
successfully utilized acupuncture to treat a number of conditions, including
rheumatism and back pain (Conlay & Sim, 2007).
Note Type: Publication
Notes: This set was featured in an Anesthesiology Reflection, in the journal
Anesthesiology, by George Bause, MD (citation: Bause G. Churchill acupuncture
needles. Anesthesiology. April 2010;112(4):809.).
Note Type: Publication
Notes: Bivins R. The needle and the lancet: acupuncture in Britain, 1683-2000.
Acupunct Med. 2001;19(1):2-14.
Note Type: Exhibition
Notes: Displayed in the first floor, Northwest Highway, Wood Library-Museum gallery
(noted 7/13/2010); Selected for the redesigned WLM website.