Gentilcore D
Departament of History, University of Leicester, England.
Dynamis. 1996;16:219-36.
Rather than having any established bureaucracy or magistracy of its own, the Royal Neapolitan Protomedicato was based around the person who was its pro tempore head - the protomedico. The position was very prestigious, involving the Kingdom's most powerful physicians, but the office itself made little impact on public health. In fact, the Protomedicato's functions were primarily fiscal: the collecting of duties and fines from non-graduate medical practitioners and the inspections of apothecaries shops, carried out by tax renters on behalf of the state.
那不勒斯皇家初级医疗法庭并非拥有自身既定的官僚机构或治安官制度，而是围绕其临时负责人——初级医师展开。这个职位颇具声望，吸引了王国中最有权势的医生，但该机构本身对公共卫生的影响微乎其微。事实上，初级医疗法庭的职能主要是财政方面的：向非执业医师收取税费和罚款，并由税务员代表国家对药剂师店铺进行检查。
