Almost as sunless as yesterday but at 5 there was a slight lift of the grey curtain in the South + a glimpse of the setting sun. I walked to Curror Street + Beechbank1 then gave Chlor[oform] to W Kirkwood, Fairnilea2 while D.3 removed his appendicitis [sic]. There was little or nothing wrong with his appendix. Then I cycled to Ettrickhaugh Road + Cannon Street + after lunch to Clerklands4 (a tramp), Ashkirk, W. Essenside5 Moat6 + Henhouse.7 Helen.8 + Miss Wallace.9 walked to Middlestead.10
1 Assume Beechbank Cottages, Selkirk.
2 William Kirkwood (1871-), forester, born Greenlaw, Berwickshire was recorded at South Lodge, Fairnilee, Caddonfoot with his wife Janet Kirkwood (about 1877-), supposedly born Newcastle [1921 Census].
3 David Charteris ‘Dav.’ Graham (1889-1963), M.B., medical practitioner and Dr Muir’s business partner.
4 Clerklands, Lilliesleaf, grid reference NGR NT503,247.
5 Dr Muir had previously been attending the Heard family at West Essenside, Ashkirk, grid reference NT442,201.
6 Moat, NT458,268. near Howden, S.S.W. of Selkirk.
7 Henhouse is beyond the south end of Haining Loch, Selkirk, grid reference NT469,271.
8 Helen Frances ‘Mousey’ Muir (1880-1963), Dr Muir’s third daughter and sometime housekeeper.
9 It is not yet possible to identify Miss Wallace.
10 Middlestead, Selkirk, grid reference NT452,264.
[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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