Narwhal (narwhal)'s status on Thursday, 30-Oct-14 23:10:46 UTC
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@theanneh Apparently the common belief was that their brain cells were unmyelinated, which basically meant nerve impulses weren't as effective. So they inferred that babies wouldn't have the nervous tissue necessary to feel pain from stuff like open surgery, which of course turned out to be rubbish upon further research and investigation.
