First day without rain since 19th at least during the day for the slates + pavement looked as if it had been raining in the early morning. Walked to Hospital. Gave anaesthetic for tonsils and adenoids at Home.1 Walked to Bank + a few + then to Shawpark.2 Wrote a long letter to Patrick3 + enclosed one I had from Dora4 this morning + a photo of the Viewfield staff.
1 Viewfield, the Muir and Graham medical partnership’s nursing home at the top of Viewfield Park and immediately behind the Victoria Halls.
2 Dr Muir had been attending Shawpark, Selkirk from time to time to see John Dun Boylan (1850-1924), a civil engineer, who had a heart attack on 11 March 1923.
3 Patrick Rodger Stewart ‘Pat’ Muir (1879-1961), Dr Muir’s only son, living in New Zealand since 1902.
4 Andrina Dorothy ‘Dora’ Muir (1882-1978), nurse and Dr Muir’s youngest daughter, was living and working in Egypt.
[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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