Another interesting visitor came to me some time afterwards, this time an elderly medical
practitioner who had become familiar with acupuncture. He told me that the scientific
principles behind acupuncture anesthesia had recently been brought to light, and that more
conventional pain suppression anesthetics, such as morphine etc. will no longer be needed in
surgical operations. Furthermore, he continued, patients can be relieved of pain for up to 27
hours and suffer no side effects. Postoperative progress of the patient also seems far better
than after the use of conventional anesthetics.