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Infant circumcision traditionally had been carried out without any kind of anesthesia or analgesia because of the false belief that infants could not feel pain. Researchers started to investigate the [[Pain| pain of circumcision]] in the 1970s.
David Grimes, M.D. (1978), recognized the increasing controversy regarding the practice of non-therapeutic infant circumcision.Grimes discussed several concerns including: * Irrational patient selection.* Lack of information prior to consent.* Pain and anesthesia management.* Improper surgical objectives.* Lack of cost-effectiveness.<ref name="grimes1978">{{REFjournal |last=Grimes |first=David |init= |author-link= |etal=no |title=Routine circumcision of the newborn: a reappraisal |trans-title= |language= |journal=Am J Obstet Gynecol |location= |date=1978-01-15 |volume=130 |issue=2 |article= |page= |pages=125-9 |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/general/grimes/ |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=413435 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1016/0002-9378(78)90353-8 |accessdate=2021-10-05}}</ref> Grimes concluded:<blockquote> However, until the benefits of routine circumcision of the neonate can be proved worth the risk and cost, medical resources probably should be allocated to measures of demonstrated value.<ref name="grimes1978" /></blockquote>