A BRIEF HISTORY OF ACUPUNCTURE (AP) AND THE STATUS OF VETERINARY AP OUTSIDE MAINLAND CHINA

Part 4
Philip A.M. Rogers MRCVS
e-mail : progers@grange.teagasc.ie
1988, updated 1990, 1993
Postgraduate Course in Veterinary AP, Sydney, 1991

QUESTIONS

1. One of the following dates is correct. Circle the correct date:

IVAS was founded in U.S.A. in:

(a) 1970; (b) 1972; (c) 1974; (d) 1976; (e) 1978

 

2. One of the following dates is correct. Circle the nearest correct date:

The Nei Ching Su Wen (Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine) was written circa:

(a) 900BC; (b) 300BC; (c) 000AD; (d) 300AD; (e) 900AD

 

3. One of the following names is correct. Circle the correct name: The first Caesarian in cattle under acupuncture was done in the west by:

(a) Westermayer; (b) Kothbauer; (c) Greiff; (d) Rogers; (e) Kuussaari

 

4. One of the following names is correct. Circle the correct name:

The first experimental proof of endorphin mechanism in acupuncture analgesia was published in 1977 by:

(a) Shealy; (b) Melzack; (c) Kaada; (d) Wall; (e) Pomeranz

 

5. One of the following species is correct. Circle the correct species: Schupbach (Zurich) usedinfrared thermography to detect points for the uterus in:

(a) dogs; (b) cows; (c) sheep; (d) pigs; (e) horses

 

6. One of the following cities is correct. Circle the correct city:

In which veterinary school did Jan Still do his research on detection of earpoints in the dog:

(a) Munich; (b) Antwerp; (c) Brno; (d) Vienna; (e) Hanover

 

7. One of the following names is correct. Circle the correct name:

Work in Mexico City Vet School on AP and electrostimulation on wound and burn healing, infertility in cows, AP analgesia in dogs, non-distemper induced epilepsy in dogs, polyarthritis in parrots was reported by:

(a) Hector Sumano; (b) Carlos Arrupe; (c) Grum P. Spinoza; (d) Sumo Suarez; (e) Donald Quixote

 

8. One of the following statements is correct. Circle the correct one:

(a) AP therapy is an alternative veterinary therapy which can completely replace conventional vet medicine

(b) AP therapy is a reflex therapy similar to but more powerful than physiotherapy. Its use is likely to increase in vet medicine

(c) More than 33% of European veterinary schools include AP training as an essential part of the undergraduate curriculum

(d) The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) do not recognise AP as useful therapy in humans or animals

(e) The esoteric/poetic aspects of AP theory are regarded as essential to good clinical success by most northern European Vet AP societies

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