THE SEPARATION OF THE PREPUCE IN THE HUMAN PENIS.

THE SEPARATION OF THE PREPUCE
IN THE HUMAN PENIS.

As is well known, the prepuce in the human penis is adherent to the glans at birth, a layer of stratified squamous epithelium being interposed, and shortly after birth these parts become separated so that the prepuce may be retracted.

Failure of the prepuce to separate from the glans spontaneously or neglect to separate the parts by artificial means results in phimosis or inability to retract the prepuce.

Frequently, the customary retraction about the eighth day of infancy exposes
irregularly distributed bleeding points, indicating incomplete separation.

It is the purpose of this study to ascertain more definitely the nature of this cleaving process, the time of its onset, and the age when ultimate separation is completed.

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