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The foreskin provides physical protection to the [[glans penis]] and inner mucosa, supplying moisture and natural oils by [[transudation]], protecting the mucosal tissue from pathogens, pollutants, friction, injury, [[keratinization]], and drying out. The foreskin protects the glans penis and meatus of infant boys from abrasion and irritation from ammoniacal diapers.<ref name="gairdner1949">{{REFjournal |last=Gairdner |init=D |author-link=Douglas Gairdner |title=The fate of the foreskin: a study of circumcision. |journal=Brit Med J |date=1949-12-24 |volume=2 |issue= |pages=1433-7 |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2051968/pdf/brmedj03656-0009.pdf |quote= |pubmedID=15408299 |pubmedCID=2051968 |DOI=10.1136/bmj.2.4642.1433 |accessdate=2019-10-14GairdnerDM1949}}</ref> <ref name="dobanavacki2012">{{REFjournal