4 January 1923 diary of Dr John Stewart Muir (1845-1938) of Selkirk

A nice day with a little frost, clear + sunny. Coryza still very bad + my Eustachian blocked making me deafer than ever. Dav.1 was in Edinburgh for consultations. Saw 9 town cases walking + cycled to Ettrickhaugh Road. Kennedy2 left this morning + his wife + kids3 in afternoon.

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

2 William Nicol Watson Kennedy (1888-1961), O.B.E., M.D., D.P.E., medical officer of health and school medical officer for Selkirkshire circa 1921 but by June 1921 recorded in a similar role in Croydon, Surrey (1921 Census taken 19 June 1921).

3 Mary Balfour Kennedy née Alison (1889-1978) and her sons Ian Alexander Kennedy (1916-1988) and Charles Gordon Kennedy (1920-).

[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/26, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1923]

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rumblingclint

Archivist, interests include Dr John Stewart Muir 1845-1938) of Selkirk, general practitioner, and Seton Paul Gordon (1886–1977), naturalist, author and photographer

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