Salon of Alternative Medicines

Salon of Alternative Medicines

Eighth Salon of "Alternative Medicines" at the Porte de Versailles. - Plans of visitors experimenting with the various methods proposed: man lying under the metal tubes of a pyramidologist; woman putting a net on her head; application of a roulette (?) on a visitor’s skull; explanations of an Asian exhibitor to his [American plan] stands. Interview of visitors above about the effects felt. - Exhibitor jumping on a trampoline explaining that his device is used by NASA. - Interview with Dr René Louis, President of the Order of Physicians: "Medicine does not have to be soft or harsh, it must be human and effective". - Other demonstrations of "alternative medicines" in the Salon: passage of wooden wheels under the feet and in the back of one patient; massage of another. - Interview with Jean-François Girard, Director General of Health: "Of the 34 (soft medicine) techniques, none are seriously evaluated. While some have proven their worth, such as acupuncture, others are real scams". - Reflection of the journalist in a small box whose bottom is a mirror and the sides are marked "Say: I love me".

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File : Alternative medicines

Publication date : 6 April 1991