On the verge of thaw but there was ground frost + pavements were like glass. At 2.30 there was a shower of snow. Bitterly cold N. wind. Saw a list of 9 walking + cycled to Bridge Street + Beechwood. Got box of cigarettes from Nurse Waugh1 + took her a bottle of port. Sent D.2 some Bard Parker surgical knives3 + Mr Turnbull, Yarrow Terrace, Port.4 Isa Paton5 called with her Haggis + 2 hankies. A box of home made sweets came from Mary.6 Dav. sent a pair of goat skin over boots.
1 Nurse, more correctly Matron Waugh was Marion Gentleman Waugh (1877-1949), born Craigbank, Slamannan, Stirlingshire, the daughter of Allan Waugh, seed merchant, and Christina – sometimes Christian – Turnbull Waugh née Dodds, married 1872 at Muiravonside. Matron Waugh and her mother were recorded at Viewfield Nursing Home, Selkirk in the 1921 Census.
2 David Charteris ‘Dav.’ Graham (1889-1963), M.B., Ch.B., medical practitioner and Dr Muir’s business partner.
3 Dr Muir had ordered some of these reusable handles for surgical blades on 20th December. They had (and have) blades of different shapes and sizes but with a standard fitting compatible with that handle.
4 It is not obvious why this gift was sent, the Editor is not aware of Mr Turnbull’s particular connection with Dr Muir and his life in Selkirk.
5 Isabella Clementina ‘Isa’ Paton (1838-1929), who had lived at Galashiels with her sister Marion Agnes Paton (about 1841-1940) since moving there from Selkirk in May 1918.
6 Mary Jane Wallace née Muir (1836-1933), Dr Muir’s sister, widow of James Wallace (d.1922), and living at Scotstoune, Haslemere, Surrey.
[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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