Felix Mann

Felix Mann (born 10 April 1931) is a German-born acupuncturist. He devised the system known as Scientific Acupuncture and is the founder and past-president of the Medical Acupuncture Society (1959–1980). He was also the first president of the British Medical Acupuncture Society (1980), and the author of the first comprehensive English language acupuncture textbook Acupuncture: The Ancient Chinese Art of Healing first published in 1962. In 1995, he received The German Pain Prize. Mann, who is based in England, has also lectured internationally on medical acupuncture. Mann has firmly distanced himself from beliefs in the existence of acupuncture points and meridians. Mann has firmly distanced himself from beliefs in the existence of...