Date of Award
1-1967
Degree Type
Master's Essay - Restricted
Degree Name
Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)
Department
Nursing
First Advisor
Agnes A. Shoemaker
Second Advisor
Louise M. Schmitt
Abstract
For decades, ulcerative colitis was categorized as "bloody flux" and not considered a definitive disease until Wilks and Moxon suggested it in their Anatomy and Pathology lectures in 1875. Ulcerative colitis is not a common clinical entity and is rarely observed or diagnosed by the general practitioner. In 1960, there were approximately one-half million people suffering from the disease. It is important because of the medical, social, and economic problems that it causes. By definition, ulcerative colitis is a hypersensitive type disease characterized by exacerbations and remissions, bloody diarrhea, and wasting; it may continue as a disease process in an individual for as long as fifty years and may shorten or ruin a lifetime.
Recommended Citation
Yahle, Margaret-Ellen, "The Rehabilitation of Persons Following a Permanent Ileostomy for Ulcerative Colitis" (1967). Master's Essays (1922 - ). 2271.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/essays/2271
Comments
A Research Paper Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Marquette University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Nursing, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.