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'''Change of Duties'''<br> There is a British Library catalogue entry '''IOR/F/4/661/18358 Mar 1821''' which appears to be in respect of Bengal: Appointment of J.T. Hodgson as Veterinary Surgeon to the Governor General's Body Guard - he is to select and train eight Assistant Apothecaries as Veterinary Surgeons for the Light Cavalry Regiments.
===Uniforms===
*This [http://books.google.com/books?id=d22WUEmG49IC&pg=PA46-IA5 link]<ref>
[http://books.google.com/books?id=d22WUEmG49IC&pg=PA46-IA5 ''Poor relations: the making of a Eurasian community in British India, 1773-1833''], page 46, image 5, by Christopher Hawes 1996 Google Books</ref> shows a drawing of an Apothecary, First Class, c 1840
===Further reading===
Madras 1863. Promotion of three Senior Apothecaries to Honorary Assistant Surgeons, without, however, any additional allowance by virtue of the honorary rank. This is contrasted unfavourably with the situation in Bengal, where Apothecaries had been promoted to the rank and position of Commissioned Officers. [http://books.google.com/books?id=2xm1AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA465 Madras Quarterly Journal of Medical Science 1863 Volume 6, page 465]
===Uniforms===
*This [http://books.google.com/books?id=NhcDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA183 link] <ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=NhcDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA183 Dress Regulations: Apothecaries and Assistant Apothecaries, and Hospital Apprentices] from ''A code of medical and sanitary regulations for the guidance of Medical Officers serving in the Madras Presidency, Volume 2''. page 183 by William Robert Cornish 1870 Google Books</ref> describes the uniform for Apothecaries, Assistant Apothecaries and Hospital Apprentices c 1870.
==The Later Period==
