A dull but pleasant day clear at night. The annual meeting of the Edinburgh Branch was held today at North Berwick1 but I had made up my mind not to go as it would have taken me away at 1. + it was just as well for a primipara in Buccleuch Road (Mrs Hume’s daughter Brown) came on the scene + I didn’t get her over till 5.30.2 I cycled round town making 17 calls. Was at Hospital for boy Wilson from East Essenside3 with Scarlet fever + pleurisy. + had to go on to Jas. Chisholm4, So. Port before dinner + Mrs Dunn5 after Tina + Bessie left today.6
1 The Edinburgh Branch of the British Medical Association included south east Scotland.
2 The Editor cannot as yet identify the baby or the mother.
3 James Wilson was the Inhabitant Occupier of a house at East Essenside, Ashkirk [1923 Valuation Roll].
4 James Chisholm’s occupation is not recorded in the Valuation Roll.
5 Assume this refers to Agnes Ralph Dunn née Waldie (1858-1926), of 1 Marion Crescent, Selkirk.
6 Assume Christina Robertson ‘Tina’ Patrick née Rodger (about 1846-1924) and her daughter Elizabeth Maud ‘Bessie’ Patrick (1881-1945). Both had been staying at Selkirk.
[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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