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xwGg TIL that until 1986, doctors did not think that babies could feel pain, and they performed open heart surgeries on infants without anesthesia.
95OM TIL that prior to 1987, babies were given even major surgery, such as open-heart surgery, entirely without anesthesia and post-operative pain management. It was honestly believed that infants couldn’t feel pain.
NrJ1 TIL the story behind the book “I love you forever” was originally written as a song for Robert Munsch’s two stillborn babies.