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<p>"The Colostomy or Ileostomy patient can and does follow normal life patterns once he or she has learned to accept and handle ·the surgical modification. Initially, this is difficult for most to accept, but very shortly a satisfactory adjustment is made and the realization arrives that life can go on as usual.<br><br>This fine manual prepared by the Nursing Service of the U. s. Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Penna.. greatly facilitates this adjustment by the patient. The contents are practical and tried and have proved of great benefit to our patients. It is recommended to you, in the knowledge it will soften and shorten that adjustment period and hasten return to normal living."
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<br>Subjects: NH Philadelphia; colostomy; ileostomy; nutrition</div>
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U.S. Navy. Naval Hospital Philadelphia</div>
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