Hospital of the Knights of St. John, Malta 1882 First Edition
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The regulations of the old hospital of the Knights of St. John at Valetta: from a copy printed at Rome, and preserved in the archives of Malta: with a translation, introduction, and notes explanatory of the hospital work of the order / by the Rev. W.K.R. Bedford, one of the chaplains of the Order of St John in England.
Publisher: William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London
Date: 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII)
This rare volume describes the regulations of the holy infirmary of Malta and for the sick poor of Malta, and the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England in 1881, and presents tables for the infirmary and the Office of the Commissioners of the Poor Infirm Women (also presented in Italian).
The Knights Hospitaller was a medieval and early modern Catholic military order, a band of Christians who founded a hospital in Jerusalem for the care of the poor and the pilgrims.
Knights of Malta
References:
https://wellcomecollection.org/works/npym47ez/items?canvas=3 ;
https://archive.org/details/b21297745 ;
https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/10848/1/The%20old%20hospitals%2C%20%20the%20order%20of%20st%20John.pdf .
https://orderofmaltaamerican.org/files/pages/0707-Regulations%20and%20Commentary%202011.pdf
Publisher: William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London
Date: 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII)
This rare volume describes the regulations of the holy infirmary of Malta and for the sick poor of Malta, and the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England in 1881, and presents tables for the infirmary and the Office of the Commissioners of the Poor Infirm Women (also presented in Italian).
The Knights Hospitaller was a medieval and early modern Catholic military order, a band of Christians who founded a hospital in Jerusalem for the care of the poor and the pilgrims.
Knights of Malta
References:
https://wellcomecollection.org/works/npym47ez/items?canvas=3 ;
https://archive.org/details/b21297745 ;
https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/10848/1/The%20old%20hospitals%2C%20%20the%20order%20of%20st%20John.pdf .
https://orderofmaltaamerican.org/files/pages/0707-Regulations%20and%20Commentary%202011.pdf
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