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Description: 1971 provided the year acupuncture gained a foundation in the American medical system. Cardiologist, Dr. E. Grey Dimond, carried this message despite formidable obstacles. We are honored to present his story today.
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| How did acupuncture become main stream in America? |
We as acupuncturists are usually taught and told the story of how James Reston, journalist from the New York Times, while in China with Henry Kissinger on a diplomatic endeavor, fell ill with acute appendicitis. James had the usual appendectomy but then was treated post-op with acupuncture. He published his story on July 26th, 1971.
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| New York Times July 26, 1971 Page2 |
Here is the story we are not told about:
Dr. E. Grey Dimond was one of the first American physicians to visit Red China since the communist revolution in 1949. He found himself with this unique opportunity with the aid of Edgar Snow (author of Red Star Over China). They had met previously in 1965 at a world peace conference.
Edgar Snow was eager to get an American physician over to China to view and witness their advances in acupuncture anesthesia, birth control measures, and limb reimplantation.
In 1971 that time came to fruition. The attendees of this trip would be Dr. E Grey Dimond, Dr. Paul Dudley White (Father of Cardiology), and their wives.
When Dr. Dimond returned he began immediately to write papers about his eye witness account of acupuncture anesthesia. He first published an article for The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) on Dec 6th 1971. Titled: Acupuncture Anesthesia - Western Medicine and ChineseTraditional Medicine
He published a book based off his diary that he wrote during his trip to China called More than Herbs and Acupuncture.
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| Diary Entry September 1971 |
Dr. Dimond then submitted a 50 slide presentation about Acupuncture Anesthesia to the American College of Cardiology accompanied with tape recording.
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| 50 Slide Presentation to the American College of Cardiology |
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| Open Heart Surgery with Acupuncture Anesthesia Drinking Tea Taken by Dr. Dimond |
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| New England Journal of Medicine 1965 E. Grey Dimond, M.D. |
