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now made before us this appears to have been a hallucination on his part. His father
declares that to his knowledge he never indulged in them at all.
H. O. W. ROBARTS,
Joint Magistrate, Jhansi.
G. M. NIXON, M.B.,
Civil Surgeon.
RPORT ON FOUR AGRA LUNATICS.
(4) Case of Jugla, Brahman.
The family of the lunatic is poor. He has never suffered any shock, nor has he suffer-
ed from any severe illness. No other member of the family has ever been mad, nor is
any trace of hereditary weakness or disease to be found.
The lunatic has for many years been addicted to the excessive use of charas. He
has remained in the Bareilly Asylum once, and is now again a lunatic. He still smokes
charas.
[Note.—Three brothers and a cousin of the lunatic state that "Jugla is again mad. No other member of our
family, male or female, ever went mad. He always smokes charas very heavily. * * He has never suffered any
great loss nor received any shock to cause his madness."]
(10) Case of Murli Singh.
The inquiry shows that the lunatic was never addicted to smoking charas, but that
he was addicted to drink. His property was sold up, but the debt was contracted by his
father. No other member of the family has ever been lunatic. No trace of any hereditary
weakness or disease can be discovered. The lunatic is said to have attended a patwari's
wedding and having consumed too much alcohol to have gone mad. The lunacy has wrong-
ly been atributed to "charas."
(12) Case of Kundan Lall.
This man went mad two years ago. Since his release from the asylum he has kept
well until a few days ago when he again became violent and is now once more under
observation. His lunacy was formerly ascribed to "bhang," but his relatives entirely deny
that he has ever used or consumed any intoxicant. The family is a poor one. No other
member of it ever became lunatic. The lunatic contracted syphilis, but there is no trace
of hereditary weakness or disease in the family. The lunatic has not the appearance of a
charas-smoker, and his lunacy has been wrongly ascribed to "drugs."
(16) Case of Kishan Lall.
The lunacy is ascribed by the relative to the excessive consumption of drugs and
opium. The lunatic contracted syphilis, but no trace of insanity or hereditary disease is to
be discovered in any other member of the family. The lunatic's father and brother are
both Pandits, but the lunatic himself appears to have always neglected the hereditary
occupation and to have taken to evil courses when a young man. He has suffered no great
loss, nor any severe shock. He has one son, who is well and perfectly sane.
[Note.—Kishan Lall's brother says: "He has been lunatic for some three years. It was through the con-
sumption of bhang, charas, and opium that he became so. He is thirty-two years of age. In his youthful days he
contracted syphilis, and then he took to drugs. * * He eats very little, but consumes intoxicants to any
extent, limited only by his ability to obtain them."]
The above information has been obtained by questioning the near relatives of each
lunatic who live either with him or near him. A copy of the information extracted from
them in each case is attached. Two of these cases clearly arise from consumption of drugs
while two have been wrongly attributed to them. I fear that police-officers are only too
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