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[[File:Paul_flechsig_perscheid_1906.jpg|thumb|Flechsig in 1906]] | [[File:Paul_flechsig_perscheid_1906.jpg|thumb|Flechsig in 1906]] | ||
'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' ({{LifeData|birth=1847-06-29|birthplace=Zwickau|birthcountry=Kingdom of Saxony|death=1929-07-22|deathplace=Leipzig|deathcountry=Germany}}) was an eminent nineteenth-century German neuroanatomist | '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' ({{LifeData|birth=1847-06-29|birthplace=Zwickau|birthcountry=Kingdom of Saxony|death=1929-07-22|deathplace=Leipzig|deathcountry=Germany}}) was an eminent nineteenth-century German neuroanatomist and neuropathologist. | ||
Professor Flechsig had an interest in myelinogenesis — the development of the myelin sheaths for nerves.<ref name="myelogenesis2024">{{REFweb | Professor Flechsig had an interest in myelinogenesis — the development of the myelin sheaths for nerves.<ref name="myelogenesis2024">{{REFweb | ||
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|trans-title=The pathways in the human brain and spinal cord based on developmental studies | |trans-title=The pathways in the human brain and spinal cord based on developmental studies | ||
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}}</ref> Unfortunately, he came to the unfounded conclusion that the newborn cannot feel [[pain]].<ref>{{REFjournal | }}</ref> Unfortunately, he came to the unfounded conclusion that the newborn cannot feel [[pain]].<ref>{{REFjournal | ||
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}}</ref> So great was his reputation and influence that his views were accepted without question, even though empirical studies had not been carried out. | }}</ref> So great was his reputation and influence that his views were accepted without question, even though empirical studies had not been carried out. As a result, surgical operations have been carried out on infants without pain medication for more than 100 years. | ||
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Professor Flechsig published numerous books, articles, and other publications in German on a wide variety of subjects. In accordance with | Professor Flechsig published numerous books, articles, and other publications in German on a wide variety of subjects. In accordance with IntactiWiki policy they will not be listed here. | ||
==Flechsig's views are disproved== | ==Flechsig's views are disproved== | ||
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==Conclusion== | ==Conclusion== | ||
Flechsig's error condemned millions of infant girls and boys to acute [[pain]], [[trauma]], and [[shock]] for | Flechsig's error condemned millions of infant girls and boys undergoing surgery to acute [[pain]], [[trauma]], and [[shock]] for over a century and that practice is still ongoing today. For example, open heart surgery on infants was done without anesthesia until 1987.<ref>{{REFweb | ||
|url=https://www.newsweek.com/when-doctors-start-using-anesthesia-babies-medics-thought-they-couldnt-feel-pain-1625350 | |url=https://www.newsweek.com/when-doctors-start-using-anesthesia-babies-medics-thought-they-couldnt-feel-pain-1625350 | ||
|title=When Did Doctors Start Using Anesthesia on Babies? Medics Thought They Couldn't Feel Pain | |title=When Did Doctors Start Using Anesthesia on Babies? Medics Thought They Couldn't Feel Pain | ||
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}}</ref> Boys may have suffered more than girls because of the practice of non-therapeutic neonatal [[circumcision]], including the after effects of behavior changes<ref>{{TaddioA KatzJ IlersichAL KorenG 1997}}</ref> | }}</ref> Boys may have suffered more than girls because of the practice of non-therapeutic neonatal [[circumcision]], including the after effects of [[PTSD]] and behavior changes.<ref>{{TaddioA KatzJ IlersichAL KorenG 1997}}</ref> | ||
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