A more decided thaw + with some rain but still too calm. I saw 3 cases near at hand + then hired to Curror Street, Bridgelands, Forest Road, Bridge Street, Kirkwynd + Castle Street. Was not out again till evening service to which I went with Helen.1 Mrs Mack2 called with 4 eggs. David3 looked in at night + talked about hiring cars for my use. Bryson4 says he would let me have them for 6d [pence] a mile, Baptie5 driving. Wrote Mary6, Guy7 + Wade.8
1 Helen Frances ‘Mousey’ Muir (1880-1963), Dr Muir’s third daughter and sometime housekeeper.
2 Dr Muir’s good friend Agnes Mackintosh née Watson, formerly Harper (1859-1946) of Elm Park, Selkirk.
3 David Charteris ‘Dav.’ Graham (1889-1963), M.B., Ch.B., medical practitioner and Dr Muir’s business partner.
4 Walter Bryson (1872-1941) had a motor business in Selkirk with a garage behind No. 4 High Street.
5 Thomas Baptie (1860-1929), driver and handyman for Dr Muir.
6 Mary Jane Wallace née Muir (1836-1933), Dr Muir’s sister, widow of James Wallace (d.1922), and living at Scotstoune, Haslemere, Surrey.
7 The Reverend Gavin Struthers ‘Guy’ Muir (1846-1927), Dr Muir’s brother.
8 If that is a correct reading then this almost certainly refers to Sir Henry ‘Harry’ Wade (1876-1955), F.R.C.S.E., F.R.S.E., C.M.G., D.S.O., Scottish surgeon, soldier, scientist and urological specialist. He was a medical student at Edinburgh, subsequently worked at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and saw two periods of military service – in the Boer War and (as Captain to the Scottish Horse Mounted Brigade) in the Dardanelles, Egypt and Syria campaigns during the First World War. He lectured on medical matters at Selkirk in 1921. [Sources: Dugald Gardner (2005), ‘Surgeon, Scientist, Soldier – The life and times of Henry Wade 1876-1955’, Royal Society of Medicine Press; Dr Muir’s diary 12 May 1921, and UK Medical Register 1923].
[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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