[Draft general ordinances for physicians, surgeons and apothecaries of Castile (1491-1513)]

Between around 1491 and 1513, three draft general ordinances were drawn up to regulate Castilian medical practitioners (physicians, surgeons and apothecaries). None were finally enacted because of disagreement among those responsible for their drafting, namely the court-appointed physicians, mayors with exclusive jurisdiction over these activities, and the Royal Council, which was the supreme organ of governance and justice of the Crown of Castile. Consequently, health activities could not be standardized throughout the territory of Castile, and the court-appointed physicians continued to regulate them locally in a unilateral and uncoordinated manner.