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27.  Accidents and injuries.—There have been no assaults
or accidents worthy of note among the patients except the
following :—

A. dependable epileptic patient suddenly ran amok and
caused serious injury on the head of the first patient he met
before he could be caught and overpowered by the staff. Although
the injury was serious I am happy to be able to record that
the patient made a speedy recovery under adequate care and
treatment.

28.  Autopsy.—Twenty-four post-mortems were performed
and interesting specimens were preserved in the laboratory.

29.  Conservancy and sanitation.—The supervision of the
conservancy and sanitation of the hospital inside and outside
was strictly maintained. The general sanitation of the whole
area of the hospital was satisfactory throughout the year and
there was no epidemic disease of any kind. Besides, utmost
attention and care were paid to the cleanliness of the wards and
the disinfection of the patients, clothing and bedding was carried
out by means of Thresh Disinfector.

30.  Treatment of mental conditions.—The question of treat-
ment of mental conditions of patients received our careful
consideration as in the previous years and we continued
to make as much progress as possible in this direction.

(i) Drugs.—The following drugs were tried during the
year under report in addition to those already mentioned in the
Triennial Report for the year 1930—32 :—

(1)  Nembutal.

(2)  Soneryl.

(3)   Somnifene.

(4)   Hypnol.

All the above drugs were found useful and gave encouraging
results in some cases of excitement and insomnia, and they are
worth trying where other ordinary drugs fail to allay excitement
and bring about sleep in highly refractory cases.

Sabji leaf.—Basillicum Citratum (Bisva Tulasi).—This
small shrub indigenous to Persia and Sind is cultivated in
India. The leaves contain a yellowish green essential oil
and if 5 or 6 drops of this oil are poured into each nostril of
a highly excited patient, it allays the excitement and serves as