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==Conclusion==
==Conclusion==
Flechsig's error condemned millions of infant girls and boys to acute [[pain]], [[trauma]] and [[shock]] for more than a century and still persists today. Open heart surgery on infants was done without anesthesia. 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> and [[PTSD]].
Flechsig's error condemned millions of infant girls and boys to acute [[pain]], [[trauma]] and [[shock]] for more than a century and still persists today. Open heart surgery on infants was done without anesthesia.<ref>{{REFweb
|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
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|first=
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|publisher=Newsweek
|date=2021-09-02
|accessdate=2023-01-07
}}</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> and [[PTSD]].
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