FURTHER
ENQUIRIES
REGARDING
THE
ALLEGED
HEMP
DRUG
CASES OF
1892.
115
Hemp
Drug
cases
admitted
in
1892—contd.
Name, race, occupation.
district, age, and register
number of lunatic.
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
from the registers and by inquiry
from the Superintendent,
&c.
9. Ida;
Mussalman;
Banjara; Lahore;
25.
Charas.
Toxic
insanity.
Indiffer-
ent.
This is the first attack.
Its dura-
tion is since one year.
Cause,
smoking
charas
and
using
bhang, is violent and dangerous
to
others.
His
bro her
was
also in-ane. The medical officer
says he is of filthy habits, tears
off his clothes, and gives un-
reasonable
answers to
simple
questions,
using
incoherent
language.
This man had been
in the Asylum before for mania,
and was discharged on
10th
April 1892 (cured).
Admitted, 25th September 1892.
This man was under observation
in the Asylum before formal ad-
mission.
On admission he
"is
very talkative and noisy, tears off
his clothes, and has dirty habits;
eats and drinks well." On 6th
November
1892 he "talks
to
himself but works." On 8th De-
cember he "sits quietly and is
melancholic"
On 21st January
1893 "answers
questions
sen-
sibly, but is a weak-minded man."
He continues
very much
the
same until he is discharged as
sane on 19th April 1893.
On referring to the register re-
garding his first admission (1st
March to 10th April 1892) it is
found that the cause of his in-
sanity
was regarded
as "not
known" by the Magistrate; that
his brother had epilepsy, and that
the Asylum authorities
treated
the case as one of "mania," not
toxic insanity.
10. Subhan;
Mussal-
man; Beggar; Gur-
daspur; 35.
Charas:
Toxic
insanity.
Good
This man threw stones at people.
The duration and cause of this
attack are "not known."
He is
noisy and abusive; wanders from
home.
The medical officer says,
he is very talkative and noisy;
abuses people
without reason;
sings songs at the top of
his
voice. This man has been here
before for mania, and was dis-
charged cured on 28th
March
1881.
The cause is ultimately
entered by the
Magistrate as
"excessive smoking of charas."
He "is epileptic, dangerous to
others, not suicidal."
Admitted, 29th September 1892.
Discharged, 15th February 1893.
This man had been under observa-
tion in the Asylum before formal
admission.
When formally ad-
mitted he "answers simple ques-
tions sensibly, but when talked to
on a certain subject for some time
he begins to use disconnected
words.
Always goes on talking
to himself.
Not filthy.
Sings
songs loudly."
He began to im-
prove on
6th
November 1892,
and was said to "appear sane"
on 21st January 1893.
He con-
tinued so until
his
discharge
"cured" on 15th February 1893.
As records only began to be kept
in 1881, there is no record of this
man's previous attack.
11. Dullo;
Hindu;
Mendicant; Guj-
ranwalla; 25.
Charas.
Toxic
insanity.
Good
This
attack lasted four
months
before admission.
Its cause was
"use of charas."
Not epileptic;
not suicidal. Not known to be
dangerous.
It
is
not
known
whether this is the first attack.
The medical officer says he is
naturally affected; has
mental
aberration
now and then.
He
talks of unconnected
subjects
and is fond of singing; laughs
without cause, is generally mirth-
ful. He neither cares for com
pany nor shuns it. Is delighted
in nakedness. Is often destructive
to clothes.
Likes nearness of
fire, and has been seen on many
occasions to handle it. Has set
fire to his father's house. Is not
filthy.
Admitted, 21st October 1892.
Discharged, 26th May 1893.
On admission he did not appear to
be filthy; talked sensibly, an-
swered all questions reasonably;
gave his residence and parentage
correctly.
Did not seem quarrel-
some. On 6th November
1892
he was working, and apparently
rational, and remained in
this
condition until 26th May 1893,
when he was sent back to Guj-
ranwalla to stand his trial.