DACCA LUNATIC ASYLUM.
81
2
92
196
173
176
192
15
16
17
18
19
20
Ramjiban Sepoy
...
...
Ramkanye Mundle
Monoo Chetri
Ram Kumar Bhuimali ... ...
Kamaruddin
...
...
Nobokishore Coondoo ... ...
Gowhatty ...
Dacca ...
8ylhet
Dacca ...
Noakhally ...
Dacca ...
Dementia, chronic
Dementia, chronic
Melancholia
Dementia, chronic
Mania, chronic ...
Mania, chronic ...
Not recorded ...
15 Tears
Unknown
1 Year ...
2 Years ...
Unknown ...
Good ...
Good ...
Miserably emaciated
In a hopeless state,
ill with chronic dy-
sentery.
Good ...
Is thin, but appa-
rently healthy.
24
3
0
0
0
0
1
7
0
3
2
0
23
7
6
16
29
24
Pneumonia ...
Dysentery, chronic
Diarrhoea, chronic
Pneumonia ...
Cholera ...
Pneumouia ...
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
3
0
0
8
0
6
16
21
8
ation confirmed its correctness. Pneumonia at the
bases of both lungs was found. Just above the
ileo-cœcal valve, two large irregular ulcers were
present, with their edges raised, tumid, and inverted.
Their long diameter was parallel to the bowel.
The corresponding mesenteric glands were enlarged,
and of a dark red colour.
Throughout the last two
feet of the iliums were numerous small, depressed
ulcers, with patches of congestion, all situated on the
"valves," and not in the "subci." No signs of tubercular
cachexia were found in any of the organs of the body.
This man, a Hindustani by birth, was formerly a sepoy
in the Assam Light Infantry, and had served in the
Burmese war. On the 20th May, he was attacked with
acute double pneumonia. On the 25th, he fell into a
collapsed state, which terminated in death. Being a
favourite with every one in the asylum, no post-mortem
examination was made.
Throughout the large intestines the mucous membrane
was covered with numerous shallow, sloughing ul-
cers. Small intestines were pale and attenuated.
Patches of congestion in duodenum. Liver much
enlarged, and of a pale yellow color.
Was in a dying state on admission. Four days after
admission he had a sharp attack of diarrhœa, which
left him collapsed and moribund. No fever accom-
panied it. Slight congestion in the duodenum, black
patches in ilium, and here and there clearly defined
congested papilla?, and a few enlarged mesenteric
glands were found. The rectum was ulcerated at its
lower end. Both lungs much congested; but no
tubercles were met with.
This man was picked up in the streets of Dacca on the
29th December 1871, in the last stage of dementia and
disease. He was admitted into the Mitford Hospital,
and detained there till the 8th March, in the hopes
that his relatives would be induced to keep him. As
they were too poor, he was sent to the asylum. His
case was a hopeless one from the first. He was
under treatment for diarrhœa, when an attack of
pneumonia came on and killed him. In right lung a
few tubercles were present Pneumonia of both lungs,
deep congestion of small intestines, and redness of
the mucous membrane of colon and rectum were
found.
Was attacked with cholera at 5 a.m. on the 20th June,
and he died in the collapse stage at 3.30 a.m. on the
21st.
An enormous fatty liver weighing 3lbs. 8½ ounces, and
kidneys deeply congested, were the chief pathological
changes met with.
Was attacked with acute pneumonia of both lungs on the
14th June. One afternoon the temperature rose to
105°8', and it never fell below 103°. On the 21st extreme
dyspnœa came on, and he fell into a semi-comatose
state, which terminated in death
The right lung, from base to apex, was in the acute stage
of pneumonia. The left, towards its base, was hepa-
tized. Large decolorized clots were found in the
heart.
U