Military, sailors and the sick poor. Contribution to the history of the San Juan de Dios hospital in Cartagena de Indias (18th century)
This article explores the history of the San Juan de Dios Hospital in Cartagena de Indias, at the end of the 18th century. Its activities and evolution cannot be understood unless they are analyzed within the context of the Bourbon sanitary reforms. It was precisely at that time when these reforms w...
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ir-10336-230442022-05-02T12:37:20Z Military, sailors and the sick poor. Contribution to the history of the San Juan de Dios hospital in Cartagena de Indias (18th century) Militares, marineros y pobres enfermos. Contribución a la historia del hospital San Juan de Dios de Cartagena de Indias (siglo XVIII) Echeverri A.M.A. Article Caribbean islands Central america Economics Education Ethnic and racial groups Ethnology Government Health care policy History Hospital Human Patient Physician Political system Poverty Psychological aspect Public health Sanitation Social class Socioeconomics Soldier Spain Caribbean region Colonialism Health care reform History, 18th century Hospitals Humans Local government Military personnel Patients Physicians Population groups Poverty areas Public health Sanitation Social class Socioeconomic factors Spain West indies 18th century Cartagena de indias Hospitals in the spanish colony Medicine in spanish america Nueva granada This article explores the history of the San Juan de Dios Hospital in Cartagena de Indias, at the end of the 18th century. Its activities and evolution cannot be understood unless they are analyzed within the context of the Bourbon sanitary reforms. It was precisely at that time when these reforms were being implemented in Nueva Granada. One of the goals of the reforms was to improve the health of the population in order to discipline the vassals, to promote the growth of the workforce and to increase the Crown's wealth. The text reviews different aspects of the institution, and how it operated. It examines its budget, its expenses, and the dynamics of the hospital population and of its employees. In doing so, it intends to explain what the hospital offered to the city's various social groups. 2008 2020-05-25T23:59:26Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2104466 https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/23044 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess application/pdf instname:Universidad del Rosario |
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Article Caribbean islands Central america Economics Education Ethnic and racial groups Ethnology Government Health care policy History Hospital Human Patient Physician Political system Poverty Psychological aspect Public health Sanitation Social class Socioeconomics Soldier Spain Caribbean region Colonialism Health care reform History, 18th century Hospitals Humans Local government Military personnel Patients Physicians Population groups Poverty areas Public health Sanitation Social class Socioeconomic factors Spain West indies 18th century Cartagena de indias Hospitals in the spanish colony Medicine in spanish america Nueva granada |
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Article Caribbean islands Central america Economics Education Ethnic and racial groups Ethnology Government Health care policy History Hospital Human Patient Physician Political system Poverty Psychological aspect Public health Sanitation Social class Socioeconomics Soldier Spain Caribbean region Colonialism Health care reform History, 18th century Hospitals Humans Local government Military personnel Patients Physicians Population groups Poverty areas Public health Sanitation Social class Socioeconomic factors Spain West indies 18th century Cartagena de indias Hospitals in the spanish colony Medicine in spanish america Nueva granada Echeverri A.M.A. Military, sailors and the sick poor. Contribution to the history of the San Juan de Dios hospital in Cartagena de Indias (18th century) |
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This article explores the history of the San Juan de Dios Hospital in Cartagena de Indias, at the end of the 18th century. Its activities and evolution cannot be understood unless they are analyzed within the context of the Bourbon sanitary reforms. It was precisely at that time when these reforms were being implemented in Nueva Granada. One of the goals of the reforms was to improve the health of the population in order to discipline the vassals, to promote the growth of the workforce and to increase the Crown's wealth. The text reviews different aspects of the institution, and how it operated. It examines its budget, its expenses, and the dynamics of the hospital population and of its employees. In doing so, it intends to explain what the hospital offered to the city's various social groups. |
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Military, sailors and the sick poor. Contribution to the history of the San Juan de Dios hospital in Cartagena de Indias (18th century) |
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