Hello List Barrie said: Could you tell me how you obtained the email about a book of surgeons? A family member was in Madras and was an assistant and apothecary. In those days a person sort of did all the jobs. I am looking for James Perry. Crawford's "Roll of the Indian Medical Service 1614-1930" does list Apothecaries in the Madras Presidency although not the other Presidencies. For information about Apothecaries, refer the FIBIS Fibiwiki page Apothecary http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Apothecary There is information about a LDS microfilm of Crawford's book. Cheers Maureen (Sydney)