3 May 1922 diary of Dr John Stewart Muir (1845-1938) of Selkirk

Colder than yesterday: hoar frost: much less sun W. to S.W. : a little drizzle in afternoon. Cycled to Hospital, Beechwood + [word deleted] Castle Street. David¹ motored me to the meeting of the Div. at Newtown². McLagan³ took the chair vacated by Henderson⁴. There were 13 present including Drever⁵. I was appointed Representative at Glasgow Meeting⁶ + got instructions!

¹ David Charteris ‘Dav.’ Graham (1889-1963), M.B., medical practitioner and Dr Muir’s business partner

² This was the meeting of the Edinburgh Branch, South-Eastern Counties Division and the second image below is the note of the meeting as reported in the British Medical Journal [“British Medical Association. Ninetieth Annual Meeting, Glasgow, July 25th, 26th, 27th, & 28th, 1922.” The British Medical Journal, vol. 1, no. 3202, 1922, p. 175. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/20419990. Accessed 25 Jul. 2022.

³ Probably Patrick Alexander Maclagan (1877-1949), M.B., Ch.B., medical practitioner, in general practice at Ayton, later at Biggar

⁴ Assume Percy James Henderson (1871-1935), M.B., medical practitioner at Church Street, Galashiels; had chaired the 16 November 1921 meeting, see Dr Muir’s diary entry for that date

⁵ James Richan Drever (1873-1956), medical practitioner and administrator, M.A., M.B., F.R.C.P.Ed., born Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire, M.A., 1893, M.B., C.M. (Glasgow), 1906, Scottish Medical Secretary of the B.M.A., 1919- [“J. R. Drever, M.A., M.B., F.R.C.P.Ed. Late Scottish Medical Secretary, British Medical Association.” The British Medical Journal, vol. 1, no. 3772, BMJ, 1933, pp. 725–26, http://www.jstor.org/stable/25351306.%5D

⁶ This refers to the meeting of the Representative Committee of the British Medical Journal Association at its Ninetieth Annual Meeting at Glasgow in July 2022 [“British Medical Association. Ninetieth Annual Meeting, Glasgow, July 25th, 26th, 27th, & 28th, 1922.” The British Medical Journal, vol. 1, no. 3202, 1922, pp. 173-75. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/20419990. Accessed 25 Jul. 2022.