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(5) Lung disease.—Musammat Budhin, non-criminal, aged 29, was admitted into
Asylum on the 7th October 1893 in an indifferent state of health ; previous
history very imperfect ; was quarrelsome, dirty in habits, and remained naked.
She gradually wasted away, and died of lung disease, most probably contracted
before admission on the 8th February 1894. Diagnosis verified post mortem.
(6) Lung disease.—Khadu coolie, male non-criminal, aged 30, was received into the
Asylum on the 27th September 1892 from Dibrugarh in good health. He
remained silent, and sat for hours in one place without any object. His health
began to fail in September 1893, and got worse gradually. He died on the 19th
February 1894. Post mortem showed upper and lower lobes of the right lung
to be hepatized.
(7) Lung disease.—Mnsammat Belekma, female criminal, aged 49, was received from
Kamrup, and admitted into the Asylum on the 22nd May 1880 in good health.
She was noisy, incoherent in speech, and violent at times. Fscaped on several
occasions from the Asylum. Though her health failed from time to time, she was
fairly well till December 1893. In January 1894 her health was falling off,
and she gradually wasted away and died of lung disease on the 2nd March
1894. Cavity found in \xmgpost mortem.
(8) Suicide.—Pahlad Ghasi, non-criminal male, was received from the manager
of Pratabgarh tea estate on the 1st February 1894. He, on the evening of the
19th March 1894, went to visit the latrine, and took with him a rope made by
himself some short time before, while cutting ekra in the jungle, of the bark of
a tree, and subsequently used as a cord to fix his dhuti. He tied one end of
the rope round his neck and the other end to the bamboo kamis in the roof
of the latrine, 5J feet from the ground, and hanged himself. A police enquiry
was held, and found it was a case of suicide in which no blame was attached to
anybody.
(9) Phthisis.—Ghundu, non-criminal garden coolie, admitted on the 18th April 1890
in good health, which, however, began to fail in April 1892. He died on the
24th May 1894 of phthisis. Tubercles were found in his lungs and a cavity in
the right apex. He was a ganja-smoker, and appears to have refused food
when the supply was stopped by my predecessor.
(10) Diarrhoea.—Name unknown ; criminal male lunatic, received from Dibrugarh ;
admitted into the As}dum on the 5th July 1893 in an indifferent state of •health.
He was subject to epileptic tits, and refused food, ate anything he could lay hands
on, and died of diarrhcea on the 7th August 1894. His intestine was inflamed
and full of round worms.
(11) Anaemia.—Dolam Majhi, male non-criminal, received from Dibrugarh ; admitted
into the Asylum in an indifferent state of health on the 1st May 1893. He was
subject to melancholia, and refused food since his admission. On the 7th
August 1894 he died of ancemia, from which he suffered on admission.
Hydatids were found in his liver.
(12) Lung disease.—U Thai, non-criminal male lunatic, received from Sibsagar ;
admitted into the Asylum on the 24th November 1892 in an indifferent state of
health. He was subject to fits of mania, and was violent and troublesome ;
disturbed others at night ; and died of lung disease, most probably pneumonia,
as his lung was found hepatized.
(13) Ancemia and Dysentery.—Bhotai, non-criminal male lunatic, received from
Kamrup ; admitted into the Asylum on the 8th July 1894 in a bad state of
health. He suffered on admission from dysentery and ansemia, and was
troublesome. He was very dirty in his habits, and died of anosmia and
dysentery on the 24th August 1884, about seven weeks after admission. The
characteristic appearances of ancemia and serous effusion were found post mortem.
The intestine was inflamed.
(14) Ancemia.—Muston Sha, non-criminal male lunatic, received from Nowgong;
admitted into the Asylum on the 2nd August 1893 in a bad state o^ health.
He was very dirty in his habits ; remained silent, and refused food ; would not
answer questions • went naked ; had to be fed by enemata ; died of ancemia on
the 1st September 1894. Characteristic appearances of ancemia post mortem.
(15) Phthisis.—Sajan coolie, criminal lunatic, received from Dibrugarh ; admitted
into the Asylum on the 9th May 1894 in a bad state of health. He was unable
to put on his clothes, and was restless, noisy and violent ; bit his tongue and
knocked his head against the wall ; was dirty in his habits ; refused food ; and
died of phthisis on the 7th October 1894. His lungs were found gangrenous
post mortem.