Penny - see the notes on the Kipling site: La Nuite Blanche" - notes:

"jims Dr. Gillian Sheehan writes: 'the jim-jams' - slang for delirium tremens, which usually occurs in a chronic alcoholic following a bout of heavy drinking. The symptoms include hallucinations which are usually visual and terrifying, insomnia, agitation and delirium. [G.S.]"


Mick