Noah Webster
Acupuncture
ACUPUNC'TURE, noun [Latin acus, needle, and punctura, or punctus, a pricking.]
Among the Chinese, a surgical operation, performed by pricking the part affected with a needle, as in head-aches and lethargies.
ACUPUNC'TURE, noun [Latin acus, needle, and punctura, or punctus, a pricking.]
Among the Chinese, a surgical operation, performed by pricking the part affected with a needle, as in head-aches and lethargies.