Another fine clear dry frosty day. The snow down here has been next to nothing. Roads lovely for cycling. Cycled in town, Heatherly, Firs (Mrs S. a little feverish1), Philiphaugh, Broadmeadows + after lunch out to Ashkirk U.F. Manse to see daft Agnes Morant2 Then back to Broomhill where I met Caird3 in Consultation about Mrs Pollok.4 He fears a return of the disease. Walked back to the station with him to catch the 5.30. Baptie5 met me there + I drove to Forest Road, Firs (Mrs S. T. 113) + Dandswall. A good many people in at night + I finished a pretty busy day at 9 o’clock. Jack + Nancy have gone to Edinburgh for the weekend.6
1 David Anderson Smith (1904-1976), had been born 13 January 1904 at The Firs, Selkirk, the son of Patrick ‘Pat’ Smith (1858-1930), advocate and sheriff-substitute, and Alice Smith née Paterson (1863-1943).
2 Mary Agnes Morant (1869-1917), daughter of George Francis Morant, army major, and Isabel Adelaide Harford. Born Acharacle, Ardnamurchan, Argyllshire, Agnes died of “Exhaustion from Acute Mania 2 months” at The Royal Asylum, Edinburgh, usual residence Forgandenny U.F. Manse, Perthshire. She appears not to have been recorded in the 1901 Census.
3 Francis Mitchell Caird (1853-1926), F.R.C.S.Ed., Scottish surgeon, Regius Professor of Clinical Surgery at the University of Edinburgh, 1908-1819, and President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 1912-1914.
4 Jane Pollok née MacLaurin (about 1856-1911), wife of John Pollok, law agent.
5 Thomas Baptie (1860-1929), driver and handyman for Dr Muir.
6 John ‘Jack’ Roberts junior (1876-1966) and Agnes Amelia ‘Nancy’ Roberts née Muir (1878-1948), Dr Muir’s second daughter.
[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/7, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1904]
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