Fernández Doctor A
Departamento de Ciencias Morfológicas, Universidad de Zaragoza.
Dynamis. 1996;16:173-85.
The post of Protophysician was established in Aragon in 1592 to oversee the health professions in places that were not under the authority of the Colleges. This article examines the responsabilities of the Protophysician as reflected in health problems arising in Aragon in the 17th century. The data show that the sphere of influence of this post was limited to the examination of physicians, surgeons and apothecaries, and the inspection of village apothecaries. We also show that the political changes carried out by the central government in 1770, which converted the post into a subdelegation of the Castilian Protomedicato, had little effect: the post of Protophysician of Aragon had long since been covered by substitutes, and the Colleges maintained their old guild-like structure, losing none of their privileges.
原医师一职于1592年在阿拉贡设立，负责监管不受各学院管辖地区的卫生行业。本文探讨了17世纪阿拉贡出现的健康问题所反映出的原医师的职责。数据表明，该职位的影响范围仅限于对医师、外科医生和药剂师的考核，以及对乡村药剂师的检查。我们还表明，中央政府在1770年进行的政治变革，将该职位转变为卡斯蒂利亚原医学会的一个分支机构，但收效甚微：阿拉贡原医师一职早就由替代人员担任，各学院维持其旧有的行会式结构，并未丧失任何特权。
