In today's episode of History and Hearsay, we are discussing how doctors used to think that babies couldn't feel pain, so they performed Surgery on Babies Without Anesthesia!!!!!

►Sources:History of infant pain research: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1526590013000254 Article from 1986: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/wellness/1986/08/13/surgery-without-anesthesia-can-preemies-feel-pain/54d32183-8eed-49a8-9066-9dc7cf0afa82/ Pediatric and neonatal pain - 80’s & 90’s: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8975193/ Pain research: https://www.jpain.org/article/S1526-5900(1300025-4/fulltext#:~:text=What made this particular surgery,the truth about his surgery. https://magazine.ucsf.edu/kids-not-all-right Babies do feel pain: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/04/150421084812.htm Why it is hard to treat infant pain: https://www.paediatrics.ox.ac.uk/news/why-its-so-hard-to-treat-pain-in-infants Still not managing Childrens pain well? https://magazine.ucsf.edu/kids-not-all-right Why it is hard to treat infant pain- what we do now: https://www.paediatrics.ox.ac.uk/news/why-its-so-hard-to-treat-pain-in-infantsStory from reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/selfimprovement/comments/1oiwcji/i_was_part_of_a_generation_of_babies_operated_on/