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Not all wounded Marines can be saved; some are beyond even the Apothecary's skills. In this case, it is the Apothecary's responsibility to administer "the [[Emperor's Peace]]" (euthanasia) to those warriors who deserve it. The Apothecary's medi-pack (known as a [[Narthecium]]) includes a special humane killer for this task, called a [[Carnifex (Tool)|Carnifex]] — a solid spring-loaded piston of metal. This is applied to the sufferer's temple, its powerful spring hurling the piston through the Marine's brain and killing him instantly.{{Fn|3}}
It is also the Apothecary's duty to harvest from the bodies' of fallen Marines the two implanted [[Progenoid]] glands, allowing for the gene-seed material to be cultivated and re-implanted in a [[Neophyte]]. Marines rarely go into battle without an Apothecary being available, as every Marine is a valuable resource and to lose any of their gene-seed would be a blow to the Chapter.{{Cite ThisMarker End}}
Each [[Space Marine Company|Company]] in a Chapter has an attached Apothecary that accompanies them into battle. Additional Apothecaries staff the [[Apothecarion]], although they rarely take to the field, instead acting as bio-researchers and occupying themselves in taking part in the training of Neophytes and potential new Apothecaries.{{Fn|2}}
The insignia of the Apothecaries is the ''prime helix'', rendered in bright red.{{Fn|16}} The symbol represents the sacred code of the Chapter's gene-seed.{{Fn|2}} The helix symbol is often adorned with additional iconography such as wings and skulls.{{Fn|16}} This double helix is also known as a [[Wikipedia:Caduceus|caduceus]] symbol.{{Fn|38}}
The Apothecaries of most Chapters wear white power armor, with the left shoulder plate retaining the Chapter colors along with the Chapter symbol. The right shoulder armor displays the prime helix. Some less traditional Chapters use different schemes.{{Cite ThisMarker End}}
It it known that many Apothecaries personalise their colours, like having only the helix on their helmet's brow and their right shoulder plate in white{{Fn|28}}, only their [[Narthecium]], helmet, right right shoulder plate and knee in white{{Fn|30}}, only their Narthecium, the bracer it's on, helmet, left shoulder plate trim, right right shoulder plate and knee in white{{Fn|30}}, only their narthecium, the bracer it's on, right shoulder plate trim in white, with the right shoulder plate in red with a white helix on it{{Fn|31}}, their armour bone coloured instead of white{{Fn|32}}, both their pauldrons in Chapter's colours,{{Fn|33a}} only their helmet in their Chapter's colours,{{Fn|33c}} and some Apothecaries keep fully to their Chapter's standard colours.{{Fn|29}}{{Fn|33b}}
Primaris Apothecaries may also become a specialist known as a [[Helix Adept]], which is assigned to [[Vanguard Space Marine]] squads.{{Fn|18}}
==Initiate Apothecaries==
Are Apothecaries in training, who have been selected due to the medical talents they have shown while serving in their squadrons{{Fn|24b}}. The Initiates are apprenticed to an Apothecary for their training and will also assist in their mentor's duties{{Fn|24a}}. However until they are declared Apothecaries themselves, the Initiates must continue to serve in their squads, when they are not undergoing training.{{Fn|24b}}
**[[Khorag Sinj]]
**[[Meric Voyen]]
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*[[World Eaters]]
**[[Gahlan Surlak]]
**[[Skalagrim Phar]]
*[[Word Bearers]]
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*[[Salamanders]]
**[[Fugis]]{{Fn|11}}
*{{Endn|1}}: [http://uk.games-workshop.com/spacemarines/miniature-gallery/9/ Games Workshop Apothecary Figurine] ''(accessed 2007.06.11)''
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Insignium Astartes]], pg. 41, ''Apothecaries''
*{{Endn|3}}: [[White Dwarf 102 (UK)]], {{Cite ThisMarker End}}
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Codex: Blood Angels (5th Edition)]], pgs. 11, 48
*{{Endn|5}}: [[White Dwarf 266 (UK)]], {{Cite ThisMarker End}}
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Dawn of War: Dark Crusade]]
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Brothers of the Snake (Novel)]], {{Cite ThisMarker End}}
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Ultramarines - A Warhammer 40,000 Movie]]
*{{Endn|9}}: [[Nightbringer (Novel)]], {{Cite ThisMarker End}}
*10: [[The Chapter's Due (Novel)]]
**{{Endn|10a}}: ''Frontispiece''
**{{Endn|33c}}: pg. 101 – '[[The Remnants]] Command Squad'
*{{Endn|34}}: [https://web.archive.org/web/20220507143027/https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/05/06/revealed-two-new-kill-teams-break-concealment-at-warhammer-fest/ Warhammer Community : Revealed – Two New Kill Teams Break Concealment at Warhammer Fest (06/05/22)] (saved archive, last accessed 08/08/23)
*{{Endn|35}}: [[ The Horus Heresy Book One - Betrayal]], pgs. 110
*{{Endn|36}}: [[White Dwarf 102 (UK)]] pg. 80
*{{Endn|37}}: [https://web.archive.org/web/20241009160528/https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/vQZHyGeD/the-tithes-episode-1-a-deadly-return-to-the-pariah-nexus/ Warhammer-Community: The Tithes Episode 1 – A Deadly Return to the Pariah Nexus (posted 21 Aug 2024)] ''page saved to archive 9 October 2024, original link: https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/vQZHyGeD/the-tithes-episode-1-a-deadly-return-to-the-pariah-nexus/ (last accessed 1 January 2025)''
