Tenets of Osteopathic Medicine: Difference between revisions

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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 to provide protection of the [[penis]] from both [[trauma]] and [[infection]].
===3. Structure and function are reciprocally interrelated.===
===3. Structure and function are reciprocally interrelated.===
===4. Rational treatment is based upon an understanding of the basic principles of body unity, self-regulation and the interrelationship of structure and function.===
===4. Rational treatment is based upon an understanding of the basic principles of body unity, self-regulation and the interrelationship of structure and function.===