Cold E. wind + raw but no fall [?]. Cycled over to see Mrs Brydon, Abbotsford Road.1 Found that she had left pneumonia of the middle ? Roads filthy + greasy. Came back to Lindean Farm, Hospital, Falla, Dunsdale2, Firs + Glebe. Wire to Borthwick, Lilliesleaf.3 Drove there. Met Dr Philip of Edinburgh4 in consultation at the Firs5 at 6 + then drove over to see Mrs Brydon at Gala a second time.
1 Isabella Brydon née Howie (about 1841-1904), the wife of Adam Brydon, farmer, lived at 21 Abbotsford Road, Galashiels, Selkirkshire.
2 Janet Dodds Falla (about 1857-), woollen weaver, was recorded at Dunsdalehaugh, Selkirk, with her nephew John Gray Falla (1896-) [1901 Census].
3 Borthwick is so far unidentified (there were 18 so named at Lilliesleaf in the 1901 Census).
4 Assume Sir Robert William Philip (1857-1939), M.D., F.R.C.P.E., F.R.C.P., F.R.S.E., F.R.C.S.E., Scottish physician and pioneer in the treatment and control of tuberculosis, based at Craigleith, Edinburgh.
5 Dr Muir had asked Philip to see Alice Smith née Paterson (1863-1943), wife of Patrick Smith, at the Firs.
[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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