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Needham/NRI2/SCC2/290 contains:
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43 Copy of a letter from Joseph Needham to Prof. Ronald Melsack of the Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, about accupuncture and pain, and Melzack's reply
44 Copy of a letter from Joseph Needham to Prof. Hans Selye of the Institute of Experimental Medicine and Surgery, University of Montreal, Canada, about his work on stress and the general adaption syndrome, and Selye's reply
45 Letter from C. Gearing of The Royal Society of Medicine, London, about copies of papers on acupuncture and pain requested by Joseph Needham
46 Letter from Clare M. Gearing of the Royal Society of Medicine, London, about articles written by José Picaza
47 Letter from Y. Zotterman of the International Union of Physioligal Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden, about the use of acupuncture
48 Correspondence with Ilsa Veith of Tiburon, California, U.S.A., about a second edition of her work, 'Acupuncture Therapy; Current Chinese Practice', and other matters
49 Correspondence with Patricia Chesney Cole of the University of Sussex, about her thesis on acupuncture
50 Letter from Prof. Ronald Melzack of McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, about a study comparing acupuncture stimulation and transcutaneous electrical stimulation at trigger points, and other matters
51 Letter from John Lim [Lin Chung-Shih / ??? / Lin Zhongshi] in Bristol, asking for Joseph Needham's advice about an English translation of his work on acupuncture, and copy of Needham's reply
52 Three letters from M. Barend ter Haar of Biomedical Press B.V., Holland, about a contribution from Joseph Needham for the journal 'Trends in Neurosciences', and related documents
53 Two letters from Prof. F. Peter Lisowski of the University of Hong Kong, about the observations on acupuncture made by a group of Austrian doctors following a visit to China, and other matters
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Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine

Title Correspondence with Ilsa Veith of Tiburon, California, U.S.A., about a second edition of her work, 'Acupuncture Therapy; Current Chinese Practice', and other matters
Reference SCC2/290/48
Creator Veith, Ilsa; Needham, Joseph.
Covering Dates 18 Mar. 1974–15 July 1974
Extent and Medium 5 sheets; Paper
Content and context

The correspondence comprises 1 letter from Veith; copy of 1 letter from Joseph Needham; 1 letter from Hans and Ilsa Veith to Joseph and Dorothy Needham.

Other matters discussed include a walking cane for Dorothy Needham; a visit by the Veith's to Germany to see Bavarian Baroque churches; a stay with the Needham's at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.

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