| ▲ | stavros 3 hours ago | |
Yeah I'm not sure you should do surgeries without anaesthesia on newborns either way. | ||
| ▲ | canjobear 2 hours ago | parent [-] | |
It was standard procedure to do invasive surgeries on newborns without anesthesia until the 1980s, on the theory that they can’t feel pain. https://hms.harvard.edu/news/long-life-early-pain | ||