Tenets of Osteopathic Medicine: Difference between revisions

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The [[foreskin]] [[Development of retractable foreskin| develops throughout childhood]] usually without medical intervention. [[Forced foreskin retraction]] is harmful, inappropriate, [[trauma| traumatic]], and inconsistent with the tenets of osteopathic medicine.
The [[foreskin]] [[Development of retractable foreskin| develops throughout childhood]] usually without medical intervention.<ref name="agarwal2005">{{REFjournal
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}}</ref> [[Forced foreskin retraction]] is harmful, inappropriate, [[trauma| traumatic]], and inconsistent with the tenets of osteopathic medicine.


===3. Structure and function are reciprocally interrelated.===
===3. Structure and function are reciprocally interrelated.===