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and destroyed everything he could lay hands on. Moreover, he was given to filthy and disgusting habits which made his charge extremely un welcome to those who had anything to do with him.
I must, however, speak highly of the kindness and consideration shown him by the Head Constable Coulter and ... by whom he was subsequently accompanied to Hong Kong, for whom he showed apparent liking.
He was constantly attended to by Dr Johnston, and during his absence, by Mr Henderson, a local practitioner of considerable reputation and was pronounced by both to be a bad instance of acute mania within their experience.
I visited him several times myself and although I could not judge professionally he certainly appeared to me as mad as he could possibly be. Finding from Dr Johnston's report that there was no prospect of his recovery, the Government being worn out by attendance on him...