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The Augusta News-Review - June 14, 1973, MWalkinq I | I 111 B Dignity by Al Irby i JWUIi THE CHINESE’S METHOD OF “ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA” BAFFLES THE ESTABLISHED WESTERN MEDICAL PHILOSOPHY. THIS MEDICAL MYSTERY BRINGS TO MIND THE OLD NEGRO CUSTOMS OF HERB POULTICES THAT THEY USED IN PLANTATION DAYS TO ALLEVIATE PAINS. THESE CRUDE PAIN-KILLERS WERE DEFINITE UNPATHOLOGICAL, BUT YET THEY WORKED. Acupuncture Analgesia works in Oriental China. Leading visiting Western medical personnel have acertained this medical phenomena by films and actual on-the-spot witnessing. The old Chinese practice of inserting long fine needles into a specific point in the body to stop pains. Chinese physicians using this ancient custom free surgeons to manipulate delicate operations. They perform major operations on the abdomen, chest or head of a patient and the remarkable thing is that the patient remains awake and alert. According to the theory of pain as traditionally taught in Western Medical Schools, wer don’t know how acupuncture analgesia works. It can’t be questioned when noted medical men of the stature of Dr. P.E. Brown, the famed British surgeon, makes this laudable observation: “My first introduction to this Oriental medical mystique was during my visit to the Cheng Hwa Hospital in Shanghai. 1 was taken into the operating theater to see a man in his mid 30s having part of his lung removed. The man was fully conscious, and able to talk with me. “There was only one acupuncture needle, situated over the right bicep muscle. The needle was two inches long, and was inserted and manually rotated by the anestetist, who was a woman. She was rapidly rotating the needle for 10 to 15 seconds, at intervals of a half minute.” During an acupuncture operation, the patient remains totally calm and in his right mind. His pulse and blood pressure hold normal. The surgeon operates as slowly and deliberately as he chooses to without worrying about drug levels or side effects.” The patient loses only a slight amount of blood, and as soon as the operation is performed the patient sits up in bed. Os course there is a slight dizziness lasting a few hours after the operation. Naturally needles are better in many ways over drugs. For instance, acupuncture hold a bright promise for elderly persons, otherwise often their hearts are a great problem. In this method is a blessing for the medical bother-some “phantom-limbs”, pains suffered by amputees. The truly important factor in the effectiveness of acupunture is the stimulation of tissues by twirling the needles. Dr. E.G. Dimond, a leading American surgeon, observed in Canton an operation on a man who had non-healing ulcers. The acupuncturist inserted two needles into each ear. The needles were connected to a battery. Stimulation of the ear tissues off a chain of neural signals, that somehow blocked pain while the man’s abdomen was cut open, and part of the stomach removed. Western medical people can follow the mechanics of acupuncture, but they don’t understnad what makes it tick. Acupuncture baffles Westerners on several major points; by inserting needles into one part of the body, and producing an effect in another part of the body. SOME OF THE OPERATIONAL MOVEMENTS OF ACUPUNCTURE ARE EQUIVOCAL ACCORDING TO WESTERN THEORY OF PAIN. IT SIMPLY DOESN’T MAKE SENSE. For example, in a thyroid operation in one hospital, an acupuncturist inserted needles in the neck and the back of the wrists. In another hospital the acupuncturist inserted a needle one inch deep into each forearm at a point about four inches above the wrist. The Western specificity theory maintains that specific pain receptors in our body relay signals directly to the brain. The transmission line resembles a simple telephone switchboard dial with a signal at one end and the bell rings at the other. Os course this is a Western premise; and our theory assumes that a person will feel pain precisely where he is stimulated. But this sequence of reasoning contradicts the observed effect of acupuncture analgesia. Still following the philosophy so he advocators of Western specificity theory, they further assume that the amount of pain felt depends on the intensity of stimulation. But the Chinese medical people’s analgesic effects of carefully placed, rapidly rotating needles show that this is not always so. Acupuncture needles may initially produce slight pain, yet they also anesthetize. Occidental Medical Stature has not put together an explanation for the way the needles block nerve impulses, or why pain is relieved for hours after the needles are withdrawn. The surprising thing is why European medicine has not explored this Oriental phenomena. American Medical personnel worships the mighty dollar; there is latitude a plenty in our need of dedicated research. There is a natural reason why American medical clinical and theoretical standard ranks twenty-third in world ratings. A CHINESE EXPLANATION OF THEIR UNIQUE ANALGESIC The traditional Chinese version of acupuncture is completely different from specificity theory. YIN AND YANG--The Chinese theory is that the two universal forces-Yin and Yang-are biologically present in our bodies in the form of spirits (Yin) and blood (Yang). The spirits and blood course through the body along a series of separate channels called meridians. Acupuncture vital spots lie along the meridians at specific intersections. There are 365 acupuncture stations along 12 meridians. When Yin and Yang are in discord, the theory contends pains and diver disease set in. The insertion of needles at special stations, allow the two forces to come into harmony again. The history of acupuncture is uncertain, but its results are sweeping the entire world since America and China have become friendly. The Yin-Yang theory is still popular among the peopl’s doctors going about practicing mercy errands in rural China. Butthe hard-headed Western World is not satisfied, the theory of the common people falls too far outside their scientific approach of established westernized medicine. Acupuncture defies our infallible theory of specificity by boldly indicating that there are neurological links between distant body sites. Page 4 GOING I PLACES I M PHILIP WARING BLACK ENTERPRISE MAGAZINE HIGHLIGHTS 100 TOP BLACK BUSINESSES The current June edition of Black Enterprise magazine, Earl Graves, publisher, does the nation a favor as it presents a “first of its kind” feature on Black economic progress. This edition highlights Black banks, insurance companies, saving and loan associations, advertising agencies and a roster of organizations concerned with the economic growth of Negroes. Dr. Arthur Burns, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, is also interviewed. PILGRIM LIFE OF AUGUSTA IS FEATURED It was good to see Augusta’s Pilgrim Life Insurance Company featured number eight among some 32 Black insurance companies. It pointed to Pilgrim’s $85,000,000 insurance in force, total assests at $14,000,000 and 275 employees for the year 1972. Its founding date of 1898 gives the company well deserved senior status in the group. BLACK ENTERPRISE MAGAZINE HAS GOOD INFORMATION Persons who really wish solid information about the status of Black business affairs and how white firms are entering this lush fifty-one billion dollar market should subscribe to this magazine which is located at 295 Madison Avenue, New York City, 10017. EARL GRAVES FATHERS DAY MESSAGE Guest columnist today is Earl Graves, publisher and founder of Black Enterprise, who writes a Father’s Day message to his late father: To All Our Fathers Dear Dad: If you were here today, I think you would be proud of the growing accomplishments of an increasing number of black businessmen, your son included, who have reached what certainly must be a milestone in achievement in America. We as black men have arrived at a point in history where we can identify thousands of black-owned and blade-controlled businesses-many of them embryonic and still struggling for survival-that have been and are being established across this country. Black Enterprise has been able to recognize 100 leading black service and manufacturing firms as well as 42 insurance companies, 37 banks and 44 savings and loan associations. As you know, these accomplishments have come in the face of massive obstacles that prevented you and other proud men of your day from reaching your potential. Some of those obstacles have been overcome, but others remain, maddeningly, as barriers to real opportunity, frustrating the best efforts of those who believe that commerce should be open to all. Sadly, racism in our day, as it was in yours, is a formidable foe. From time to time, I think of your frequent admonition to get an education so that we could walk through the door when the ■opportunity came. That was part of the formula, the rest being that formal education, though necessary, simply equips you for the real education that is a part of doing business in the free enterprise system. If you were sitting across the table from me, I could hear you say, “Imagine what we could accomplish, not only for our race but for our country, if the doors were really open.” Yet, some things have happened. Some of us have become members of the boards of major corporations. A black man now serves on the board of the insurance company with which you once traded. That automobile you could never afford to buy—well, a black man is now a member of its manufacturer’s board. Still, these are humble beginnings. But they are significant. There has been no time in our history when there have been so many qualified and qualifiable young black men and women who will make our list one day. Our journey of accomplishment will not be over until the gap is closed between the inequities and the promise of this country, all men and women have equal access to opportunity in the marketplace, and the median income of blacks and other minorities is level with the national median. It will end when the majority in America understand that impoverishment can be a state of mind, and not just a physical condition solely assigned to the “disadvantaged”. In saluting the nation’s leading black businessmen in this issue, I’m not unmindful that this month we celebrate Father’s Day. So we salute you and the other fathers who started us on our way, for the owners of the companies which appear in this issue honor not only themselves, but their forebears as well by being here. Your loving son, MR. & MRS. HOME OWNER Do you employ a cook, cleaning woman or other domestic worker in your home for one or more days per week? If so, you are paying them more than fifty dollars per quarter in wages, and you should be withholding and paying Social Security contributions for them. Your failure to do this denies your employee his right to receive Social Security benefits for themselves and their dependents in later years. We urge you to obey the law and help us to improve human relations in the Augusta Area. ...Human Relations Commission THE AUGUSTA NEWS-REVIEW PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Mallory K. Millender Editor and Publisher Mailing Address: Box 953 Augusta, Ga. Phone 722-4555 Second Class Postage Paid Augusta, Ga. 30901 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Payable in Advance One Year in Richmond County $5.00 tax incl. 6 Months $2.50 tax incl. One Year elsewhere $6.00 tax incl. ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT Classified Advertising Deadline 12 noon on Tuesday Display Advertising Deadline 12 noon On Tuesday News Items Printed Free TO BE EQUAL BBL*) L——■■■■ H I V«n«B.Joata,Jr. i k BRADLEY VICTORY A MILESTONE By Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. This country has gotten used to the election of black mayors in some big cities, but Thomas Bradley’s stunning victory in the Los Angeles mayoralty race is a landmark in black political participation. Bradley’s landslide gave him a margin of about 100,000 votes over incumbent mayor Sam Yorty. Since blacks make up only about 16 perenet of the city’s population, that meant white voters put him over the top. Politicians wondered whether white voters would cast their ballots for a black candidate. That was the bit question four years ago and the answer was NO; Bradley lost that election. This time around, the same racial innuendos and racist appeals were used in the campaign against him. He was accused of “black nationalism” and of harboring radicals who would take over the city. Below the surface, whispering campaigns brought a lot of people out of the woodwork who made race, not competence, their key issue. In the end, Bradley got about half the white vote. In other cities, black politicians put together a coalition of solid black support with relatively small white backing, but in Los Angeles, the white voters came out strong for Bradley. Even if we recognize that it is dangerous to generalize on the basis of one election in one city, this has major implications for politics across the country. It indicates that, in some major northern cities at least, a candidate’s race is an inconsequential factor. White voters rejected racial appeals and demonstrated the divisive campaigns will backfire. We’ve been treated to a lot of political campaigns that featured code words and even blatant racist appeals, but Los Angeles showed that it may not work any more. Bradley’s election also indicates a new role for black politicans in the electoral process. This was no hollow victory in a ghost town that’s been abandoned by the economic powers of a city. It’s a big, growing, strong city, the third largest in the country, and its new black mayor will have the support and resources to make it even better. This election also points to the importance of building broad coalitions around issues of community concern. Blacks voted for Bradley because they felt a black mayor would be more responsive to their needs, but whites also voted for him because he raised basic issues and programs about crime, transportation, the environment, and economic development of interest to he entire community. Such broad-based, issue-oriented campaigns transcend racial factors. White or black, we are all citizens of a community with common concerns and interests. Bradley understood that, basically, there is more to unite Angelenos than there was to divide them. His opponent didn’t understand that and lost. Tom Bradley brings to Los Angeles a fund of ability and ompetence that will benefit the city. That’s another factor we ought to think about today. He came to Los Angeles as a boy; one of seven children of a Texas sharecropper seeking opportunity for himself and his family. The Bradleys lived in poverty and fought their way up the ladder in spite of - and hardship. That’s a lesson for this country, in which so many people have racist notions about black migrants coming north to ihd hand-outs. They come for better opportunities, and they " constitute a major human resource, not a burden. Their children will become mayors, bankers and judges, just as Mr. Bradley’s son worked his way into the mayor’s office. It’s the American Dream coming true now for blacks as it has for others. As Tom Bradley himself has said: “The American Dream...would really have meaning all over the country if a black who believed in the system, who worked 4 within the system, who fought and prepared himself for new opportunities, was able to achieve that kind of victory.” He did win, and has helped keep alive that elusive American Dream. 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