Change to bitterly cold weather again though dry till the afternoon when there was some steely hail. Still feeling very unwell. Temp nearly 102°. Took about 20 grs of [?] + Quinine which brought it down to 99.6. Would have stayed in all day but got an urgent message from Mrs Smith, Robin’s Nest1 so drove there + came back by Ashybank + Mavisbank. Nancy2 cycled over to Fairnilea with medicine for Mrs S.
1 It is not possible to identify Mrs Smith because she and her husband William Smith, forester, were only recorded at Robin’s Nest, Caddonfoot in the 1904 and 1905 Valuation Rolls and there is no clue where the came from or departed for.
2 Agnes Amelia ‘Nancy’ Roberts née Muir (1878-1948), Dr Muir’s second daughter.
[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/7, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1904]
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