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...