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Name, race,
occupation,
district, age, and
register
number of
lunatic.
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Alleged
cause of
insanity
(Statement
VII).
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Type of
insanity
(Statement
VI).
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State of
health on
admission.
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Facts ascertained from
the papers.
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Asylum history and facts
ascertained from
registers and from enquiry
from
Superintendent.
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12. Manohar
Mahan-
ta; Hindu; not
known; Cachar;
31; No. L 335.
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Ganja
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Toxic
insanity.
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Good
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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."
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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.
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13. Narayan
Nawa;
Hindu; Tea
Coolie; Cachar;
21; No. L 391.
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Ganja
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Toxic
insanity.
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Good
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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."
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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."
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34. Padai Ram;
Hin-
du; Constable;
Faridpur; 28;
No. L 407.
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Ganja
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Toxic
insanity.
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Good
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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."
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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.
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15. Narayan
Das;
Hindu; nil;
Dac-
ca; 26; No. L
327.
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Ganja
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Toxic
insanity.
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Indiffer-
ent.
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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.
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