Gasquet, Francis Aidan, 1846-1929 · London : Methuen · leaf 133
f silence, for instance,was hardly relaxed at all in the infirmary ; the sick mancould indeed talk about himself and his ailments andnecessities to the infirmarian at any time, and the lattercould give him every consolation and advice; but therewas apparently no permission for general… … BROTHER JOHN OF WALINGFORDTHE INFIRMARIAN OF ST. ALBANs 88 ENGLISH MONASTIC LIFE The brethren who were unwell were not all receivedin the infirmary for treatment. There were some monkssick, as one set of regulations points out, who were ailingmerely from the effect of the very monotony and…
Monasteries · Monasticism and religious orders
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