Dull most of the day + a few drops of rain after 9. Coldish N.W. wind : but bright + sunny in evening. Saw Mrs Dunn1 at 9 + then went down to Effie Robertson2 to see her wound dressed by Nurse Mann.3 Saw 15 cases walking + cycled to Eastfield, Midlem, Lilliesleaf + Riddell getting back at 3.15. Had to go down to Muthag Street a second time for Mrs Cleghorn.4 There wasn’t a single new message today. Got a P.C. [postcard] from Dav.5 dated 23rd.
1 Assume this refers to Agnes Ralph Dunn née Waldie (1858-1926), of 1 Marion Crescent, Selkirk.
2 Effie Robertson is as yet unidentified (though there was a Euphemia Robertson, aged 23, a tweed weaver with R Sim & Co., living with her family at 30 Muthag Street, Selkirk, recorded in the 1921 Census). See also Dr Muir’s diary for 29 June 1923.
3 Nurse Mann (or even Nurse Nurse!) is so far unidentified.
4 Elizabeth ‘Lizzie’ Cleghorn née Wallace had given birth on 21st June. See diary entries for 20th and 21st June 1923..
5 David Charteris ‘Dav.’ Graham (1889-1963), M.B., Ch.B., medical practitioner and Dr Muir’s business partner.
[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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