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As recently as the 1980s, doctors did not provide anesthesia to infants undergoing surgery. They thought infants' pain response was just a "reflex", not a consc
by cpeterso 8y ago
As recently as the 1980s, doctors did not provide anesthesia to infants undergoing surgery. They thought infants' pain response was just a "reflex", not a conscious experience of pain.
https://www.livescience.com/28848-babies-have-consciousness.html https://www.livescience.com/28848-babies-have-consciousness....
- colordrops 8y agoThat's gruesome.
- david-gpu 8y agoMy understanding is that that was in part due to the difficulty of providing the right dosage that would provide pain relief without causing harm. Source: dad was an anesthesiologist.
- kleton 8y agoMale genital mutilation is still practiced in some countries in this manner.