Re:Infants' sense of pain is recognized, finally (1987)
by astura on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @11:28PM
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N = 1 here but I have an (uncircumcised) friend who was born around 1987. He told me that his parents were planning on getting him circumcised but changed their mind when they were told that the procedure would be performed without any kind of anesthetic.
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Re:Infants' sense of pain is recognized, finally (1987)
by refurb on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @11:34PM
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I mean, painful procedures are still done on newborns today - if it can't be avoided. You can even bring your newborn into a store and have their ears pierced.
My point is that by the 80's no physician would say "newborns don't feel pain".