TY - JOUR KW - History, 15th Century KW - History, 16th Century KW - History, 17th Century KW - History, 18th Century KW - History, 19th Century KW - History, 20th Century KW - History, Medieval KW - Hospital Administration KW - Hospitals, Special KW - Humans KW - Latin America KW - leprosy KW - Spain AU - Moreno Toral E AU - Lopez Diaz M T AB -

The San Lazaro Hospital of Seville that was established in the middle of the 13th century was one of the most important in Spain and Europe throughout nearly eight centuries in terms of caring for leprosy patients. In the 1930s the exclusive treatment of leprosy patients ceased and San Lazaro became a general hospital. The Spanish Crown (Alfonso X) accorded certain privileges and rules to the hospital which also were conferred by subsequent monarchs. These rules and ordinances contributed to the establishment and functioning of many lazarettos throughout the Americas of which we have documentation, notably those of Santo Domingo, Tlaxplana (Mexico City), Lima, Cartagena de Incias, La Habana, and Yucatan.

BT - International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association C1 -

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9251599?dopt=Abstract

DA - 1997 Jun IS - 2 J2 - Int. J. Lepr. Other Mycobact. Dis. LA - eng N2 -

The San Lazaro Hospital of Seville that was established in the middle of the 13th century was one of the most important in Spain and Europe throughout nearly eight centuries in terms of caring for leprosy patients. In the 1930s the exclusive treatment of leprosy patients ceased and San Lazaro became a general hospital. The Spanish Crown (Alfonso X) accorded certain privileges and rules to the hospital which also were conferred by subsequent monarchs. These rules and ordinances contributed to the establishment and functioning of many lazarettos throughout the Americas of which we have documentation, notably those of Santo Domingo, Tlaxplana (Mexico City), Lima, Cartagena de Incias, La Habana, and Yucatan.

PY - 1997 SP - 252 EP - 6 T2 - International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association TI - The influence of the San Lazaro Hospital of Seville in the creation and management techniques of the "lazaretto" hospitals in the Americas. UR - http://ila.ilsl.br/pdfs/v65n2a14.pdf VL - 65 SN - 0148-916X ER -