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examination of these monomaniacs, I have generally found them laboring under some gastric disease, or troublesome ulcer, and these fearful ebullitions break out upon some ex- acerbation of the disorder. Those about them have generally told me that they appeared moping and melancholy a few days before the outbreak. It is certainly much to be deplored that Monomania amongst the Malays, almost invariably takes this terrible form. The Bugis, whether from revenge or disease, are by far the most addicted to the "Amok." I should think 3/4ths of all the cases I have seen have been by persons of this nation.
T. OXLEY.
