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===2. The body is capable of self-regulation, self-healing and health maintenance.=== | ===2. The body is capable of self-regulation, self-healing and health maintenance.=== | ||
[[Charles Darwin]] (1859) observed that survival of the fittest caused evolution. The [[foreskin]] was created and improved by [[Evolution of the foreskin| evolution]] to provide protection of the [[penis]] from both [[trauma]] and [[infection]]. | [[Charles Darwin]] (1859) observed that survival of the fittest caused evolution. The [[foreskin]] was created and improved by [[Evolution of the foreskin| evolution]] to provide protection of the [[penis]] from both [[trauma]] and [[infection]]. Fleiss, Hodges & Van Howe (1998) enumerated numerous ways in which the foreskin protects against [[infection]].<ref>{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Fleiss | |||
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|init=PM | |||
|author-link=Paul M. Fleiss | |||
|last2=Hodges | |||
|first2= | |||
|init2=FM | |||
|author2-link=Frederick M. Hodges | |||
|last3=Van Howe | |||
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|init3=RS | |||
|author3-link=Robert S. Van Howe | |||
|etal=no | |||
|title=Immunological Functions of the Human Prepuce | |||
|journal= Sex Transm Infect | |||
|date=1998-10 | |||
|volume=74 | |||
|issue=5 | |||
|pages=364-7 | |||
|url=https://www.cirp.org/library/disease/STD/fleiss3/ | |||
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|pubmedID=10195034 | |||
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|DOI=10.1136/sti.74.5.364 | |||
|accessdate=2026-03-18 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
===3. Structure and function are reciprocally interrelated.=== | ===3. Structure and function are reciprocally interrelated.=== | ||