4 December 1923 diary of Dr John Stewart Muir (1845-1938) of Selkirk

Snow began to fall about 7.30 + continued till afternoon. The frost seemed to be gone but it was not a decided fresh [?] + it was almost a dead calm S. to S.E. Very wintery landscape. David1 operated for nothing on a man Pringle from Gattonside. I saw some town cases + motored to Hartwoodburn. Helen2 + I dined at Elmpark.3 Sent C.T.C. subscription.4

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

2 Helen Frances ‘Mousey’ Muir (1880-1963), Dr Muir’s third daughter and sometime housekeeper.

3 Elm Park, Selkirk, the home of Dr Muir’s good friend Agnes Mackintosh née Watson, formerly Harper (1859-1946).

4 From previous references it seems that the C.T.C. is probably the central transport organisation that was responsible for paying doctors’ travel costs but it should be noted that the Cyclists’ Touring Club (C.T.C.) already existed by this time.

[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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