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REPORT OF THE INDIAN HEMP DRUGS COMMISSION, 1893-94.
[ APP.
Hemp Drug cases admitted during
1892—contd.
Name, race, occupation,
district, age, and register
number of luntafie.
Alleged
cause of
insanity
(Statement
VII).
Type of in-
sanity (State-
ment VI).
State of
health on
admission.
Facts ascertained from the papers.
Asylum history and facts ascertained
by inquiry from Superintendent and
from the Asylum registers.
7. Gulab Khan; Mu-
salman; Constable;
Broach; 42, No. 8.
Ganja.
Toxic
insanity.
Pretty
fair.
This man was "given to indulg-
ence in liquor and opium" (and
added in pencil) "said to be
smoking ganja also."
This is
the first attack, of 15 day's dura-
tion, sudden.
The
supposed
cause is "moral." No hereditary
predisposition. "Is violent, noi-
sy, uses abusive language, utters
constantly the name of Allah and
Hazrat Pir. ls dirty in his habits
sometimes does not take his food.
Tries to escape, sometimes tries
to beat others, wants opium or a
knife to commit suicide, passes
sleepless nights, throws away his
clothes and sits naked.
Eyes
suffused, pulse rapid.
While
serving at Balka he pulled out
the tongue of a goat and bit it
off. This act of his has led him
to believe that the village people
have used some charms against
him.
Admitted, 24th November 1892.
The pencil entry was made by
the
Deputy
Superintendent,
when the man admitted ganja.
He says to us that he drank a
great deal of liquor and also
opium both as opium and as mad-
ak. He also smoked charas as
well as ganja.
He has never
been excited since his admission;
but he is generally incoherent and
silly though sometimes rational.
He has not much improved, but
is not at all dirty in habits. No
relatives have come to see him.
8. Raja Josa; Hindu;
Cultivator; Broach;
35, No. 10.
Ganja.
Toxic
insanity.
Fair.
This man was "given to indul-
gence in ganja and liquor." This
was a second attack, sudden, and
of about 6 months' duration. The
first attack was in 1877.
"No
history of his having suffered
from concussion, sunstroke or
injury of the head. Supposed
cause 'moral.' No hereditary
predisposition.
Vacant look,
sleeplessness, use of abusive lan-
guage, occasionally trying to beat
or bite the persons going near
him.
Dirty habits.
Meaning-
less muttering.
Irrational an-
swers to questions. Tries to run
away.
Sometimes tries to eat
voraciously. Sometimes does not
eat at all."
Admitted, 6th December 1892.
He was never in this Ayslum be-
fore. In the case book it is re-
corded on his admission. "Has
been quiet since admission; but
he appears silly and weak-mind-
ed. Has a vacant look, occasion-
ally muttering to himself, and
does not sleep at nights." June
1893, "continues the same as
stated above. "
He is certainly
silly and scarcely of sound mind
but he answers fairly rationally.
He admits to both ganja and
liquor.
9. Ashraf
Chhilan;
Musalman; teacher;
Broach; 31, No.
105.
Ganja.
Toxic
insanity.
Fair.
This man "smokes tobacco, some-
times ganja in excess."
This is
his third attack, sudden, of 8
months' duration. Preceded by
"strong fever before the pre-
sent attack." Supposed cause,
"moral."
No hereditary pre-
disposition. "Answers questions
irrationally sometimes in Guzara-
thi, sometimes in Urdu, some-
times in Persian. Abuses other
patients. Tries to beat occasion-
ally those who go near him.
Once tried to run away. Wants
pay for the number of days he
has been in hospital. Wants a
high post in the police depart-
ment. His friends say that he
was given to reading religious
books and reciting hymns and
singing
sometimes the whole
day and night."
Admitted, 7th December 1892.
The Ayslum history shows that
this
man is generally
quiet,
though moody, and that he is
occasionally excited and violent
and even dangerous. No friends
come to see him. He is intelli-
gent.
He says he has smoked
ganja for seven years and has
been insane for a year. He got
the ganja from friends and never
spent his own money on it.
He
drank bhang in the hot weather.
He got it in the bazaar.
He
denies ever having used dhatura.
He was never in this Asylum be-
fore. He asks for ganja still.
NOTE.—The total number of admissions in 1892 was—
Criminal
Male
1
Criminal
Female
Non-criminal
Males
14
Non-criminal
Females
4
TOTAL
19
Of these the above nine cases are ascribed to hemp drugs.
3rd October 1893.