[f. L. acu with a needle + PRESSURE.] (See the quot.)
1859. Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinb., 19 Dec. Professor Simpson made a communication on acupressure as a new mode of arresting surgical haemorrhage.
1865. Reader, 13 May, 541/1. Acupressure … consists of the artificial arrestment of the hæmorrhage from cut or wounded arteries by the pressure of a metallic needle or pin passed across their mouths or tubes.
