The St. Lazarus Hospital in Mexico City and Novo-Hispanic Lepers during the Second Half of the 18thCentury
This article studies the functioning, life and prognosis of this hospital in the late 18th and early 19th century. To this end, it describes the importance of medical diagnosis, the forms of referral to the leper hospital in the capital, conflicts with St. Anthony’s Hospital and relations with the R...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2010 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Estudios de Historia Novohispana |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/18441 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://novohispana.historicas.unam.mx/index.php/ehn/article/view/18441 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Sumario: | This article studies the functioning, life and prognosis of this hospital in the late 18th and early 19th century. To this end, it describes the importance of medical diagnosis, the forms of referral to the leper hospital in the capital, conflicts with St. Anthony’s Hospital and relations with the Royal Medical Court. It also explains the problems it experienced in supporting itself with such slender means, the description of the hospital precinct and aspects of the patients’ lives, focusing on the medical and spiritual treatment they were given. |
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