Sharpish frost and a nice crisp day. The roads were good where the frost held + terribly muddy elsewhere. After seeing some five cases I cycled via Appletreehall to Denholm + called for Haddon.1 The poor chap has been in bed for a year. He is fuller of fads than ever2 + jawed away for an hour and a half but he was very pleased to see me + gave me a nice cup of tea. I returned via Lilliesleaf + Greenhill. It was 14 miles going + 12 coming Denholm – Newlands 3 – Lillies 2½ – Selkirk 6½. Corn stooks still out on Greenhill. Hounds at Riddell. H3 + N4 went [illegible].
1 John Haddon (1845-1924), M.D., medical practitioner and dietician, a more or less exact contemporary of Dr Muir, recorded at Denholm, Cavers, Roxburghshire in the 1921 Census and at Denholm in the Medical Register from at least 1902 onwards.
2 Haddon became a fruitarian towards the end of his life. He had been a vegetarian since the late 19th Century, promoted a low-fat vegetarian diet and opposed the drinking of water.
3 Helen Frances ‘Mousey’ Muir (1880-1963), Dr Muir’s third daughter and sometime housekeeper.
4 Agnes Amelia ‘Nancy’ Roberts née Muir (1878-1948), Dr Muir’s second daughter.
[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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