20 January 1904 diary of Dr John Stewart Muir (1845-1938) of Selkirk

Although both windows were open all night the thermo in my room this morning was 50°.

Mist cleared away + it was a delicious mild spring-like day with S.W. wind but very muddy roads. Saw some town cases walking + then cycled to The Firs, Broadmeadows + Yarrowford. Drove to The Firs again at night. Mrs S.1 has Septicaemia + some perimetritis.2

1 Alice Smith née Paterson (1863-1943) of The Firs, Selkirk, wife of Patrick ‘Pat’ Smith (1858-1930), advocate and sheriff-substitute, had given birth on 13 January 1904 but had been unwell since.

2 Inflammation of the membrane on the outer surface of the uterus.

[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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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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