The Hospitaller Order of San Juan de Dios (Granada, 1537-1572) and its houses in the Indies

A hospital opened in Granada in 1537 by a layman, made a religious institute after his death and confirmed by papal bull in 1572, which wrote its bedside practice into binding constitutions and carried it to Cartagena de Indias, Mexico City and Manila. The constitutions are the interesting part: they make attendance on the dying and the shrouding of the dead duties of the house rather than private charity. What those houses delivered in the Indies is another question, answered in part.