The mortality rate of military men at Boulogne-Sur-Mer hospital during the 18th century.

Rebuilt at the end of the 17th century on the ruins of the Ospital du Bourg, the civilian and military hospital St Louis in Boulogne-sur-Mer was in charge all over the 18th century. About 4000 persons - from whom 25% military men- died there. Beyond the data found among the death certficates, the analysis of the registers gives information about the Protestant soldiers, the burial time, the original making of a skeleton according to the rules of classical anatomy ... The wars in Europe or outside concerned Great Britain, France and their allies. The consequences are found in the agenda of the surgeons' meetings in town.