[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.339 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.339 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.339 - **Language:** English ### [c10.339](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.339) 1849.—"A man sitting quietly among his friends and relatives, will without provocation suddenly start up, weapon in hand, and slay all within his reach. . . . Next day when interrogated . . . the answer has invariably been, 'The Devil entered into me, my eyes were darkened, I did not know what I was about.' I have received the same reply on at least 20 different occasions; on examination of these monomaniacs, I have generally found them labouring under some gastric disease, or troublesome ulcer. . . . The Bugis, whether from revenge or disease, are by far the most addicted to run amok. I should think three-fourths of all the cases I have seen have been by persons of this nation."—\*Dr T. Oxley, in J. Ind. Arch.\*, iii. 532. - [Previous: c10.338](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.338) - [Next: c10.340](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.340) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.339](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.339) · Pramāṇa