23 November 1923 diary of Dr John Stewart Muir (1845-1938) of Selkirk

Pretty hard frost roads in town very slippery. Saw 14 town cases + gave chlor[oform] for a laparotomy – the butler’s wife from Peel1 which turned out to be cancer of colon + without adhesions. A colostomy on right side followed. D.2 was assisted by a medical friend friend home from India. Jack3 dined with us.

1 Assume Elizabeth Jane Cook née Whitford (1875-1924), wife of Charles Edward Cook, butler at Peel, Caddonfoot. In the 1921 Census the couple were recorded living at Peelburnfoot, Caddonfoot, with daughters Ida Ellen Cook, 15 and Elizabeth Jane Cook, 13.

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

3 John ‘Jack’ Roberts junior (1876-1966), mill owner and Dr Muir’s son-in-law.

[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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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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