A very fine day + quite dry and even warm. Was called up about 2.30 about Mrs Nisbet1, Yarrow Terrace but didn’t go down. Saw about 12 town cases + Bridgelands cycling: called for Charlotte2 who was a little distant at first. Bella3 still ill: tendency to rigors but at night was perspiring for the first time. Went to meeting of Panel Commttee at Railway Hotel4. Menzies5, Somerville6, Tyrell7 + Hiddleston8. Sudden death of old housekeeper at Haining9. From “Magic Cave”10 an enlarged photo of Selkirk from behind the Firs. Nancy11 came home from Buttermere. Got two letters from David + wrote him.
1 Gordon Mary Nisbet née Wright (1874-1920), wife of John Nisbet, woollen millworker, of 14 Yarrow Terrace, Selkirk
2 Dr Muir has always called her Carlota but this is conceivably Elizabeth Charlotte ‘Carlota’ Rodger (1884-), Dr Muir’s wife’s 1st Cousin Once Removed, sometime of Bridgelands, Selkirk
3 Isabella ‘Bella’ Paulin (1873-), Dr Muir’s housekeeper
4 The Railway Hotel, Newton, Roxburghshire, a regular venue for Panel Committee meetings
5 James Morris Menzies (1871-1926), M.B., Ch.M., M.D., medical practitioner, of Ettrick Lodge, Selkirk
6 Dr James William Somerville (1866-1934), of Galashiels
7 Edward Munro Tyrrell (c.1862-1940), M.B., C.M., medical practitioner, of Wellwood, Galashiels
8 John Murray Hiddleston (1891-1954), L.R.C.P.S., L.R.F.P.S., medical practitioner
9 Unidentified
10 Agnes Mackintosh née Watson, formerly Harper (1859-1946), of Elm Park, Selkirk, aka ‘the Magic Cave’
11 Agnes Amelia ‘Nancy’ Roberts née Muir (1878-1948), Dr Muir’s second daughter, who had continued her holiday at Buttermere when Dr Muir went home
[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/23, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1920]
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