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  • The Military & Hospital Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem
    Charles Savona-Ventura
    The Order of St Lazarus saw its origins as an establishment located outside the walls of Jerusalem serving the needs of victims of leprosy. While its role in society changed as a result of political machinations, it still retained a hospitaller role in the subsequent centuries. This role became more central after the re-organization necessitated by the 18th century French Revol...
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    35,13 €

  • Leprosy Archives - Maltese Islands
    Charles Savona-Ventura
    Hansen’s Disease or Leprosy is now considered 'extinct' on the Maltese Islands with no cases being reported in the Maltese native population. While the infection is no longer considered endemic, vigilance is still required in the light of the present problem of irregular immigration from the African coast from regions where the disease is still prevalent. The road towards eridi...
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    30,32 €

  • Traditional Medicine in a Mediterranean Island Community
    Charles Savona-Ventura
    Traditional medical practices vary from one country to another, these being very often dependent on the cultural history of that country or region. The accumulation of the medical armamentarium of traditional medicine is strongly influenced by religious-superstitious and observational elements. This was eventually, mainly after the Classical Period, tempered by philosophical-ra...
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    11,20 €

  • Die Reg
    Charles Savona-Ventura
    The Order of Saint Lazarus saw its origins as an institution established outside the walls of Jerusalem to care for the victims of leprosy assuming the organization of a Crusader Monastic Order after the First Crusade of 1099. Little is known about its early administration except that the Jerusalem establishment de St Ladre des Mesisus was managed by a maistre who was dependent...
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    22,91 €

  • Acta Historiae Sancti Lazari Ordinis - Proceedings
    Charles Savona-Ventura / Michael Ross
    The publication includes several academic articles presented during the second International meeting of the Sancti Lazari Ordinis Academia Internationalis whose objective is to promote the historical knowledge related to the Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem, and other Crusader and related orders of chivalry as this relates to the hierarchy, their com...
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    23,02 €

  • Ancient Egyptian Medicine
    Charles Savona-Ventura
    The medicine of the ancient Egyptians is some of the oldest documented. From the beginnings of the civilization in the late fourth millennium BC until the Persian invasion of 525 BC, Egyptian medical practice went largely unchanged but was highly advanced for its time, including simple non-invasive surgery, setting of bones, dentistry, and an extensive set of pharmacopoeia. Egy...
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    18,27 €

  • Saul of Tarsus in the Island of Melite
    Charles Savona-Ventura
    The Acts of the Apostles written by the physician evangelist Lucas of Antioch describe the shipwreck of the grain ship carrying Saul of tarsus to Rome on the Island of Melite. This event has led to the Maltese Islands to develop a strong Pauline tradition with background folklorist elements relating to cure and immunity from poisons. The present publication reviews the story of...
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    13,16 €

  • The Grand Priory of the Maltese Islands of the Military & Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem -- A Historical Review of the National Jurisdiction and its subjurisdiction & affiliates
    Charles Savona-Ventura
    The Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem has a long historical tradition dating back to the 12th century. In contrast, the Maltese jurisdiction has a history of ranging for only a half century being established in 1966. In spite of its relatively short history, the jurisdiction quickly became central to the International Order’s organization housing its ...
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    17,70 €

  • Medical Perspectives of Battle Conflicts in Malta
    Charles Savona-Ventura
    Medical services have been associated with the military since the days of Ancient Greece. This relationship was essential not only in ensuring the front-line treatment of injuries sustained by soldiers but also to treat the diseases that accompany the disruption in the social circumstances brought on by warfare. The expectation of a military conflict requires the commanders in ...
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    20,43 €

  • Acta Historiae Sancti Lazari Ordinis - Proceedings
    Charles Savona-Ventura / Michael Ross
    The publication includes several academic articles presented during the first International meeting of the Sancti Lazari Ordinis Academia Internationalis whose objective is to promote the historical knowledge related to the Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem, and other Crusader and related orders of chivalry as this relates to the hierarchy, their comp...
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    23,74 €

  • Contemporary Medicine in Malta [1798-1979]
    Charles Savona-Ventura
    This book is the final volume of a series of books by the same author covering the history of medicine in the Maltese Islands from the prehistoric age right through the modern period. This volume deals with the medical practice during the last two-hundred years, a period that saw the final phase of the emergence of the scientific basis of disease understanding and management. T...
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    47,90 €

  • Ancient and Medieval Medicine in Malta [before 1600 AD]
    Charles Savona-Ventura
    This book is an account of the history of medicine in its widest sense as practiced in the Maltese islands during the Prehistoric and classical periods, when medical practice was primarily based on superstition, religion and magic. While superstition and magic prevailed in the subsequent centuries, the late Classical period saw the introduction of a philosophical type of medica...
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    31,12 €

  • Biographies
    Charles Savona-Ventura
    The Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem was established in the aftermath of the First Crusade of 1098. It was subsequently organized into a military and hospitaller Order with several establishments in various European countries all subservient to a central house sited first in Jerusalem, then Acre, Boigny, Paris and Spain. The Order was led throughout the centuries by a series...
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    25,56 €

  • An abridged history of the Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem
    Charles Savona-Ventura
    The book reviews the history of the Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem originally set up in the wake of the First Crusade in the early decades of the 12th century with the specific aim of helping the victims of Leprosy. It further assumed a military role participating in several military campaigns aimed at opposing the Islamic incursions in the Holy Land. After being expelled ...
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    14,79 €

  • Knight Hospitaller Medicine in Malta [1530-1798]
    Charles Savona-Ventura
    The book is a dedicated account of the history of medicine practiced in Early Modern Malta when the Islands were managed by the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem. The changing patterns of disease throughout the 16th to 18th centuries and the response to managing these conditions are reviewed. The nook further looks at the legislative efforts introduced to control disease, the ed...
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    33,14 €

  • The Brotherhood
    Charles Savona-Ventura
    The novel is based on the events occurring in the Outremer and in Christian Europe at the turn of the 13th century centering around the knight Thomas de Sainville who served as Master to the Brethren of the Order of Saint Lazarus. ...
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    9,78 €

  • Endogenous physiological teratogenesis
    Charles Savona-Ventura / Stephanie Savona-Ventura
    Type 2 diabetes mellitus has had proponents proposing a genetic causation, others preferring to consider this adult-onset disease as having its origins in foetal life. The Maltese island population in the Central Mediterranean is an excellent population, because of its rather closed structure, to study in regards to long-term and familiar associations. The present work looks at...
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    62,21 €