REPORT OF SURGEON-MAJOR H. ST. C. CARRUTHERS, SUPERINTENDENT, CALICUT ASY-LUM, ON THE CASE ATTRIBUTED TO HEMP DRUGS IN 1892 (No. 114, DATED I2TH MAY 1894)•

With reference to your letter No. 264 of 21st January 1894, forwarding to me, for further enquiry and report, the case of deceased insane Jacob, I have the honour to enclose herein, in original, a report from the Police Inspector of Kottayam about the past personal and family history of the man submitted through the Joint Magistrate of Malabar.

2. The only source of information to me of the lunatics in general is the certificate Form C, forwarded with the warrant in each case, and in this particular instance the cause of insanity was attributed to " intoxicating drugs, probably ganja," which was duly en-tered in the Admission Register. But, as you will see from the enclosed report, Jacob's insanity is now asserted to be due to hard drinking, and not to the use of ganja or other drugs.

Case of deceased insane Yacob.

Kali, alias Ipeca, wife of Jacob, stated : " Jacob vas my husband. In 1891 I with the above Jacob and four ahildren converted to Christianity, and changed residence from Anjerakandy to Illikumin. Jacob was wholly given up to drinking of toddy and arrack when in Anjerakandy. He was not taking ganja or other hemp drugs. He once showed signs of insanity when in Anjerakandy some 4.1 years back. Insanity is not hereditary in his family. He was all right after he came to Illikumm. He was not drinking toddy also after he came to Illikuinm.

On local enquiry made with the comrades and others of Jacob in Nither, I find that he was not given up to the use of hemp drugs at all, and that the insanity is due, in my opinion, to the after-effects of drinking toddy and arrack,