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The third, a beggar and ganja smoker, was caught attempting to set fire to a
house, giving as his only reason that "the weather was cold and he wanted to keep
himself warm." He is quiet, but filthy in his habits and addicted to self-abuse,
not likely to get well. He came from Baroda and has no friends.
The fourth, a Saees, native of Bolundshar, but in service at Nagpur, was
admitted on May 12th, having attempted suicide by throwing himself down a
well. He afterwards whilst under observation in the asylum attempted to
strangle himself with his waist string ; this was tied tightly round his neck and
artfully concealed by his dhotee, carefully wound round the upper part of his
body and head. The man suffers from melancholia with delusions, following
desertion by his wife.
The fifth, a trooper of 2nd Madras Cavalry, received on June 10th, suffer-
ing from acute mania,—noisy, abusive, incoherent, violent and destructive. He
had been brought down from south Afghanistan, where he was first attacked.
The man had been much exposed, especially in an expedition to Shurack, and it
is believed suffered from sunstroke and fever. He has greatly improved under
active treatment, and will, I believe, be soon fit for discharge.
The sixth, a beggar from the Wardha district, was received on July 9th,
suffering from dementia, following desertion by his wife. He is quiet, but very
incoherent, though improving steadily but slowly.
The seventh, a beggar from Umraotee, in a fit of religious frenzy, damaged
one of the temples at Ramtek. He was admitted on July 29th in a very excited
state, and remained excited for five days, during which he would for hours at a
time repeat and sometimes shout a number of Sanskrit sentences and slokas.
After August 3rd he became quiet, and on August 23rd was made over to
the care of his wife, much improved.
The eighth, an imbecile epileptic youth received from Wardha on August 3rd,
was discharged on September 1st to be made over to his friends, who are in good
circumstances. He is a harmless incurable lunatic not a fit patient for the
asylum.
The ninth, a chaprassi from Bombay, a native of Oudh, was received from
Wardha on November 2nd, suffering from (at least) a second attack of acute
mania. He is an epileptic, generally getting much excited on a fit passing off ;
he is then noisy, violent, dangerous to others, destructive—digging up the floor,
shameless, filthy in his habits, and disgusting in appetite.
5. Of the criminals, one, a female, was received on 19th January, as suffering
from melancholia and unable to make her defence to a charge of infanticide.
Up to the time of her being sent back for trial on September 3rd, as capable of
making her defence, she showed no signs of insanity whilst in the asylum, but
stated that she had been seduced by a Malguzar who left her in the jungle,
where her child was born. She gained in weight 7 pounds.
The second, a man from Chandore, said to have been suffering from intermit-
tent melancholia for two years, was tried for setting fire to his own house during
one of the attacks, acquitted on the ground of insanity, and received into the
asylum on April 5th. Up to August 16th he had been quite quiet and orderly,
showing no signs of insanity, and on that day was sent to the Deputy Commis-
sioner, in order that he might be made over to his friends on their giving security
for his safe custody and good behaviour.
The third was a man from Raipur, accused of murder, received into the
asylum on April 16th as insane and incapable of making his defence. He showed
no signs of insanity up to October 8th, when he was sent back to Raipur for trial.
The fourth, a man from Bhandara, acquitted on the ground of insanity when
charged with a murderous assault upon his wife following misconduct on her part.
Since he has been in the asylum he has threatened to commit suicide, but other-
wise has been quiet and rational.