THE LOCAL AND REGIONAL INJECTION TREATMENT OF LOW BACK PAIN AND SCIATICA
Authors: Ernest A. Brav, Henry Sigmond
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1941)

Article1 November 1941THE LOCAL AND REGIONAL INJECTION TREATMENT OF LOW BACK PAIN AND SCIATICAERNEST A. BRAV, M.D., HENRY SIGMOND, M.D.ERNEST A. BRAV, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, HENRY SIGMOND, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-15-5-840 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe origin of the local and regional injection treatment of low back pain and sciatica dates back to the earliest descriptions of acupuncture. In the Tsin period around 300A.D.appeared Huang Fu's classical treatise describing the method of treating painful lesions by the insertion of long needles into the subcutaneous or muscular structures. Churchill's monograph in 1821 reviewed the subject of acupuncture historically, described the technic and presented cases of thoracic and lumbar pain in which it had been used with success. 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