Davis D L
Am J Chin Med (Gard City N Y). 1975 Jan;3(1):5-26. doi: 10.1142/s0192415x75000037.
Although known to the medical community in some form since the 19th century, acupuncture is only recently receiving concerted research attention from the conventional medical and scientific community. The overall amount of scientific acupuncture research has doubled since the mid 1960's. Employing the approaches of the science, history, sociology and social relations of science, this article explores factors which explain why the present time is conducive to acupuncture research by the scientific and medical community. Perhaps this study of scientific acupuncture research will provide the basis for a later theory of scientific development.
尽管自19世纪以来针灸就已以某种形式为医学界所知，但直到最近它才开始受到传统医学和科学界的一致研究关注。自20世纪60年代中期以来，关于针灸的科学研究总量已经翻了一番。本文运用科学、科学史、社会学以及科学的社会关系等研究方法，探讨了一些因素，这些因素解释了为何当下有利于科学和医学界对针灸进行研究。也许这项关于针灸科学研究的探讨将为日后的科学发展理论提供基础。
