Mild + wet at first: then cold + wetter. S.W. + N.W. Was at Mauldshegh giving Chlor[oform] from 10 til 11.45: then walked to Ettrickhaugh Road + back by Forest Road + later to Ashybank + Hospital (now empty). Was in house from 2 till 5.30 when I was called to Dunreay to see Andrew Brown1. Jack + Nancy2 going to Moffat + Ayr tomorrow + have arranged to go with them? to see Rennie3.
1 Andrew Brown, hosiery manufacturer, resident Dunreay, Selkirk
2 John ‘Jack’ Roberts and Agnes Amelia ‘Nancy’ Roberts née Muir
3 The Reverend James Rennie (1826-1924), Church of Scotland minister and Dr Muir’s brother in law; widower of Catherine Stewart Muir
[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/23, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1920]