'Roller' needle-like device

Made:: 1980-1990 in Japan

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'Roller' needle-like device, used in Shonoshin therapy, a non-invasive form of acupuncture developed for young children, from the surgery of a British practitioner c.1996, unsigned, Japanese, 1980-1990.

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Category:: Asian Medicine

Object Number:: 2002-492

Materials:: complete and metal

Measurements:: overall: 15 mm x 104 mm x 11 mm,

type:: acupuncture needle

credit:: Kelley, R.

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'Roller' needle-like device

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