Mrs Williamson had a [stroke ?] a little after 12 + I got to bed at 1.30 + slept till 9. Was not out at all except to meet Pollok + Jack1 in the Municipal Building to have a talk about the hospital. Dav. [Dr David Graham], Menzies + Hiddleston there2. The latter opposed to the scheme without any good reasons. Dav. was at [Thirladean ?], Bluecairn, Ettrickshaws + Oakwoodmill. It was a fine day with some sunshine + clear at night with a curiously low flare [?]. There has been heavy snow in England.
1 John Pollok (1858-1938), Town Clerk and Procurator Fiscal, Selkirk and John ‘Jack’ Roberts junior (1876-1966), mill owner with Roberts of Selkirk and three time Provost of Selkirk
2 Dr David Charteris ‘Dav.’ Graham (1889-1963), Dr James Menzies (fl.1889-1919) of Ettrick Lodge, Selkirk and Dr John Murray Hiddleston (1891-1954), all local medical practitioners
[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/22, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1919]
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