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112 REPORT OF THE INDIAN HEMP DRUGS COMMISSION, 1893-94.         [APP-

4. How many times had he been insane previous to the occasion of his admission into the Asylum?	4. States that he had never been insane before taking to using charas.
5. What form did his mania assume be- fore admission in the Asylum.	5. He was in a state of acute violent mania when admitted into the Asylum, was very noisy and abusive, refused to wear any clothing, and destroyed it when given to him, and it was impossible to get any rational answers out of him on any subject. He was twice admitted into the Asylum. On first oc- casion he was only about a month in the Asylum and was then released cured.
6. Has the patient used hemp in any form since his discharge from the Asylum, and has he shown any signs of mania again?	6. He says he returned to his usual avo- cation of grazing cattle and began smoking charas again, and in 20 days he was brought back with acute mania. He says there was a fakir whom he used to meet at a tank, where he was in the habit of watering his cattle, and it was this fakir who first persuad- ed him to smoke charas. On his release the first time he again met this fakir and was persuaded by him to resume the habit. The second time he came into the Asylum he was equally violent and remained more or less insane for about 10 weeks. It was not thought advisable, however, to release him for some time after he had regained his sen- ses, so he was kept in the Asylum for 10 months and then discharged quite cured.
7. What is the mental and physical con- dition of the patient at this moment?	7. On appearing before me to-day (No- vember 25th, 1893, having been sent by the Deputy Commissioner) he is perfectly ration- al and as sane as a man can be, and gives a full account of himself without hesitation. He is in good bodily health and is a well-made powerful man. Since the second release he has never been near the fakir again and has never smoked charas. He met the fakir once and told him of the injury he had done him by inducing him to smoke charas, and the fakir advised him to keep away from him in future, which he has done. He has given up his former occupation of grazing cattle, and now follows the plough.
8. Had the patient ever shown any signs of insanity or mental weakness before using hemp in some form?	8. No.
9. With what object did the patient first commence to use the drug, for the pleasure of it or for the medicinal effects produced? If the latter, for what ailment was the drug used?	9. He says he only took to smoking charas, because the fakir and others did so, i.e., for society's sake and not because of any pleasur- able effects it produced.
10. Did the patient find the moderate use of the drug act as an aphrodisiac or the reverse? Does he consider the habi- tual use of hemp tends to cause impo- tency?	10. He found the use of charas act as an aphrodisiac, and when he was using it he became almost impotent. His sexual pas- sions have now fully returned.

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