9 March 1921 diary of Dr John Stewart Muir (1845-1938) of Selkirk

Cold, drizzling day S.W. [wind]. There was a little snow visible at Falahill yesterday + on the hill tops, but there was none to be seen here today. Motored to Oakwood + Fauldshope + saw some town cases walking in the afternoon. Ralph Smith¹ called in the at 4.30 + I examined him for the Scottish Prov.²

¹ Assume Ralph Colley Smith (1891-1957), son of Patrick Smith (1858-1930), advocate and sheriff-substitute and Alice Paterson (1863-1943); he had been very badly maimed during the First World War

² Scottish Provincial Assurance Co.

[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/24, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1921]