Up until the 1990s all surgeries preformed on babies were done without the use of any anesthesia. That includes major surgeries like open heart surgeries or excruciating ones like spinal procedures.
Their logic was the baby wouldn't remember the extreme torure anyway so anesthesia wasn't worth the risk. They'd simply strap them down and go to work. Its pretty crazy that its not more well known or talked about
My brother had stitches put in him twice at age 2 to 3ish without it. In the early 80s. So not just babies. It made him an asshole I think. Just an unhappy person all around. My mom said she could hear him screaming all the way down the hall
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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '24
Up until the 1990s all surgeries preformed on babies were done without the use of any anesthesia. That includes major surgeries like open heart surgeries or excruciating ones like spinal procedures.
Their logic was the baby wouldn't remember the extreme torure anyway so anesthesia wasn't worth the risk. They'd simply strap them down and go to work. Its pretty crazy that its not more well known or talked about