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John of God was the epitome of hospitality and beneficent charity at that time. He practiced a humanistic Chistianity consolidated by his acts in hospital care, which he universalized with time. John Ciudad Duarte was the “seed” of what is now the Order of the Brothers Hospitallers, with 1.000 members of the religious order, 30.000 workers and 225 centres around the world. The material and methods which have been used include documents published from 1995 to 2013, thanks to an exhaustive bibliography of electronic resources and books. For this purpose, we have taken into account variable such as its opening, historical, context, the role of Juan Ciudad Duarte and the health system at that time. Among the results, we can mention that in the Hospital of San Juan de Dios, patients were put in a particular hospital according to their disease. Hygiene was of the utmost importance and patients´ urine and excrements were properly disposed of. The way mentally ill people were treated was new. The work was carried out by own bothers of the order.

The Saint Lazarus Hospital was founded. Poverty and diseases were seen as a problem of public and social order and medical assistance as a state’s task. However, the Church still kept an important role. The aim of this study is to present a general overview of the Saint Lazarus Hospital of Granada, from its beginning to its end, and to describe the lives of lepers in the hospital, the organization of health care as well as the role of nurses. The material and methods used in this study include an exhaustive bibliography of electronic resources and books. The method consists of gathering documents published from 1996 to 2010, taking into account variables such as the opening date, its demolition, social and historical context of leprosy, medical assistance and the lives of patients. The main conclusions are: - The hospital was the only hospital founded in Granada in the sixteenth century which took care of lepers and aimed at reducing the spread of the disease. - The main figure of the medical assistance was the permanent doctor and the nurses.

RESUMEN: El Hospital de San Lázaro fue fundado debido a que la pobreza y la enfermedad en esta época empiezan a ser consideradas como un problema de orden publico y social, y la asistencia una labor del Estado. No obstante, la Iglesia seguirá manteniendo un papel importante. El objetivo del estudio es realizar una visión global del Hospital de San Lázaro de Granada desde el momento de su apertura hasta su cierre, prescribir la vida de los leprosos en el hospital y la organización asistencial, describiéndola figura de enfermería. El material y métodos utilizados han sido una exhaustiva búsqueda bibliográfica mediante recursos electrónicos y en formato papel. El método empleado consiste en recopilar documentación publicada desde el ano 1996 al 2010, teniendo en cuenta variables como fechas de apertura y demolición del mismo, contexto histórico y social de la enfermedad de la lepra en la época, organización asistencial y vida de los leprosos en el hospital. Las conclusiones mas destacadas son que el hospital fue el único fundado en Granada en el siglo XVI con función asistencial y de aislamiento como prevención de la lepra, la figura principal de la asistencia era el medico, dos enfermeros y dos enfermeras. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]