FURTHER ENQUIRIES REGARDING THE ALLEGED HEMP DRUG CASES OF 1892. 65
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 insa-
nity. (State-
ment VI.)
State of
health on
admission.
Facts ascertained from the papers.
Asylum history and facts ascertained
from registers and from inquiry
from Superintendent, etc.
9. Bapu Ram; Hindu;
Cultivator; Lak-
himpur; 28; No.
26.
Ganja
Toxic
insanity.
Fair
Dr. Mullane certifies that he " re-
fuses to give any account of him-
self, his speech is incoherent and
contradictory. Is subject to sud-
den and unprovoked fits of vio-
-ence."
The Descriptive Roll shows du-
ration as three months, that the
man is "addicted to ganja only
since before he became a lunatic,"
that the cause of insanity is
"smoking ganja as far as is
known," and that there is no
history of epilepsy or heredity.
Admitted, 2nd December 1892.
Discharged, 27th April 1893.
The case was shown as "acute
mania." The man was quieter
after admission, slightly improved
on 1st April 1893, and discharged
on security on 27th idem.
The cause, "ganja," was entered
by the Jamadar.
10. Jagodhar; Brah-
man; Priest; Sib-
sagar; 22; No. 28.
Ganja
Toxic
insanity.
Indiffer-
ent.
Dr. Macleod certifies that he "talks
incoherently, refuses to take food,
attempts life of others."
The Descriptive Roll shows him
as "three years little insane;
but insanity has increased since
last Bhadro," that he "formerly
used ganja, but left it afterwards;
now also he smokes ganja if
given by anybody; does not ask
for it; does not use opium or
wine;" that "it appears that
the lunacy has arisen from read-
ing the prohibited Shastras, but
the real cause is not certain,"
and that there is no history of
epilepsy or heredity.
Admitted, 16th December 1892.
Discharged, 11th November 1893.
The case is shown as acute mania.
The man remained in the asy-
lum without mental improvement
until November 1893, when the
state of his health necessitated
his being sent to the Charitable
Dispensary for medical treatment.
He was placed in the "Moribund
Ward" of the Dispensary (the
Hospital Assistant there inform-
ed us), and died there of anæmia
on 5th December 1893.
The cause of insanity, "ganja,"
was entered by the Jamadar.
11. Mussammat Major
Chamarin; Tea
cooly; Raigarh; 30;
No. 1.
Ganja
Toxic
insanity.
Good
The Hospital Assistant, Sibsagar
Jail, certifies: "Quarrelsome,
unsound-minded, refractory, and
sometimes becomes quite sense-
-ess to take care of her clothes
in a fit of anger; but her habits
were not dirty." The Civil Sur-
geon "countersigns" this.
The Descriptive Roll shows dura-
tion as "about five months," and
that the woman is "addicted
now to ganja," but nothing is
known of cause or past history.
Admitted, 8th February 1892.
Escaped, 4th February 1893.
The case is shown as acute mania.
Her mental condition remained
unaltered. She escaped on 5th
November 1892, was recaptured
on the following day, and escaped
again on the 4th February 1893.
The Jamadar entered the cause as
ganja.
12. Mussamat Bedo-
ma; Hindu; Tea
cooly; Ganjam; 28;
No. 2.
Ganja
Toxic
insanity.
Indiffer-
ent.
Medical certificate shows: "talks
too much and incoherently, very
dirty in her habits, uses filthy
language towards the prisoners."
It gives the disease as "chronic
melancholia."
The Descriptive Roll shows that
nothing was known about the
woman's personal history or
habits, but that "her father was
affected with insanity and tried
to cut her throat."
Admitted, 20th February 1892.
Discharged, 1st October 1892.
The case is shown first as melan-
cholia and then acute mania. Her
mental condition remained un-
altered until 1st October 1892,
when she was sent to the Chari-
table Dispensary for medical
treatment.
The Jamadar entered the cause as
ganja.
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