FURTHER
ENQUIRIES
REGARDING THE ALLEGED
HEMP
DRUG CASES OF 1892.
51
Hemp
Drug
cases
admitted
in
1892—concld.
Name, race, occupation,
district, age, and register
number of lunatic.
Alleged
cause of
insanity
(Statement
VII).
Type of
insanity
(Statement
VI).
State of
health on
admission.
Facts ascertained from the papers.
Asylum history and facts ascertained from
registers and from enquiry from
Superintendent.
12. Manohar
Mahan-
ta;
Hindu; not
known;
Cachar;
31; No. L 335.
Ganja
Toxic
insanity.
Good
Admitted on 23rd August 1892.
The Descriptive
Roll,
signed by
the Civil Surgeon, Dr. Partridge,
shows that the man's friends are
"not known," nor the duration
of the insanity, nor whether any
near relative was insane, that the
lunatic was "addicted to ganja,"
and that "no other cause is
known except what is mentioned
above."
The lunatic has not
had epilepsy; he is violent. He
"does not speak."
The medical
certificate says, "Dirty in habits,
offers violence to his attendants,
refuses food, talks nonsense";
and there is added, as communi-
cated by others, "lunatic is ad-
dicted to ganja, beats and strikes
people, does not speak."
On the man's being admitted, the
Overseer entered "ganja" as the
cause, leaving the disease blank.
The Superintendent subsequently
entered "toxic insanity?"—(as
doubtful).
On October
22nd,
1892, we have the entry:—"Is
very violent and disposed to strike,
is abusive, noisy, and dirty in his
habits. Is kept in a separate cell,
sleeps and eats well."
There has
been no change in this man's
condition.
13. Narayan
Nawa;
Hindu;
Tea
Coolie;
Cachar;
21; No. L 391.
Ganja
Toxic
insanity.
Good
Admitted on the 29th
October
1892. The Descriptive
Roll, sign-
ed by the Civil Surgeon, Dr.
Partridge, shows the duration
as "about two months," that no
near relative has been insane;
that the lunatic has not had epi-
lepsy; that he was "addicted to
ganja," and that "no other cause
is known except what is men-
tioned above."
The lunatic is
described as "violent."
The
medical certificate states: "Dir-
ty habits, violent, tries to beat
people, talkative and noisy "; and
there is added as communicated
to the Civil Surgeon by others,
"said not to be violent, is a ganja-
smoker."
On admission he was violent, talka-
tive and noisy, dirty, and indecent
and destructive.
In February
1894 it is said, "has improved
slowly, and since the last two
months has become quiet and
rational."
34. Padai Ram; Hin-
du;
Constable;
Faridpur;
28;
No. L 407.
Ganja
Toxic
insanity.
Good
Admitted on the 18th November
1892. The Descriptive
Roll, signed
by the Joint Magistrate, shows
duration as one month, that no
near relative of the lunatic has
been insane, that he is "addicted
to ganja and bhang, and drinks
at times," and that "no parti-
cular cause is assigned" for his
insanity. He has not had epilep-
sy.
Has a delusion that he has
evil spirits inside him. Is dirty
in his habits.
The
Civil
Surgeon
certified:
"Hallucination about some evil
spirits being inside him, dirty
habits, e.g., urinating and defæ-
cating in bed, and trying to put
fæces into his mouth.
Being
quite violent and trying to strike
people without any reason, and
muttering to himself throughout
the day." He adds, as com-
municated by others, "is a con-
firmed
ganja smoker."
The first entry by the Superinten-
dent is dated 29th
December
1892: "Is now quite sane."
He
continued sane until his discharge
on 1st February 1893.
15. Narayan
Das;
Hindu; nil;
Dac-
ca; 26; No. L
327.
Ganja
Toxic
insanity.
Indiffer-
ent.
The history of this case is describ-
ed in case No. 11. The man
had been sent (though apparent-
ly still insane) to appear before
the
Sub-Divisional
Officer of
Narayanganj on 1st November
1892, and re-admitted on the 3rd
idem.
His case is consequently
shown twice on the returns.
NOTE.—The total number of admissions in 1892 was—
Criminal
Non-criminal
Males
18
Criminal
Non-criminal
Females
6
Criminal
Non-criminal
Males
18
Criminal
Non-criminal
Female
1
Criminal
Non-criminal
TOTAL
43
Of these, the above 15 cases were attributed in Statement No. VII to hemp drugs and only eleven of them are entered under "Toxic insanity" in Statement VI.
20th
February
1894.