A Journal of the University of Malta Medical School
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Historical Perspective
Reforms in the Holy Infirmary, 1680
Malta Medical Journal, 2007: 2; 45
The Holy Infirmary, at least in theory, bore witness to the very raison d'etre of the Order of St John the care of the infirm. If the knights came to be known as the Hospitallers, it is because the care of the sick became their historical mission through the centuries, a mission they never abandoned.
Keywords:
Medieval hospitals, Holy infirmary, reforms
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