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acupuncture points are no more real than the black spots
a drunkard sees in front of his eyes” (Acupuncture: The
Ancient Chinese Art of Healing, p. 14).
Harriet Hall, a family doctor who analyzed the research
into acupuncture, concluded: “Acupuncture studies have
shown that it makes no difference where you put the
needles. Or whether you use needles or just pretend to
use needles (as long as the subject believes you used
them). Many acupuncture researchers are doing what I
call Tooth Fairy science: measuring how much money is
left under the pillow without bothering to ask if the Tooth
Fairy is real” (Stephen Barrett, “Be Wary of
Acupuncture, Qigong, and ‘Chinese Medicine,’” http://
www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/
acu.html).
Chiropractic
Chiropractic is hugely popular. There are about 70,000
licensed practitioners in America alone, and several
million people are treated annually.
Most patients who visit for the first time do so for lower
back pain, neck pain, and headaches.
Chiropractic was developed in the late 19th century by
Daniel D. Palmer (1845-1913), an occultist who attended
spiritualist meetings. He practiced magnetic healing and
admitted that chiropractic was an outgrowth of this. At a
coroner’s inquiry in 1905, Palmer refused to take the oath
“so help me God,” protesting, “I don’t want any help
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