osperity. Of some twenty hospitals and asylums of different names and kinds, fully two-thirds are the successors of benevolent institutions founded by the Church. The oldest is the hospital of Jesus Nazareno, and was founded by Cortez; he left a large endowment for it, and the hospital is still [Pg 316] supported by it in spite of many attempts
by governments and individuals to break
his will. The last effort in this direction was in 1885, when the will
was sustained
