Very slight frost in morning. Thick mist + heavy drizzle followed by heavy rain all day.
Mrs Govenlock had a premature + decayed child after midnight.1 I went to be + had a good sleep till 7. J Elliot2 walked down to Bowhill + ‘Phoned for Baptie.3 I walked up to Broadmeadows + met him there. Mrs Lang4 still improving. Robert Lang5 ‘Phoned to me from London last night to ask for his mother + asked that I should ‘Phone this morning which I did + heard quite distinctly. Came home by Bowhill, Ettrickhaugh Road + Glebe. After churches were in went over to Newham6 + in the evening did Broadmeadows again. For the last 14 days I have averaged 32.5 miles a day. Jno. Hall7 whom I met at Alnmouth is staying with Jack + Nancy8 + came to supper tonight. [?] Thomas9 called in the afternoon.
1 Ann Patison ‘Annie’ Elliot, daughter of John Elliot, wife of William Govenlock, but at this time staying at Newarkburn.
2 John Elliot, forester, lived at Newarkburn, Selkirk, with his wife Jane Elliot née Dickson.
3 Thomas Baptie (1860-1929), driver and handyman for Dr Muir.
4 Margaret Pattison Lang née Graham (1821-1914), widow of Hugh Morris Lang (1817-1900), banker and landed proprietor, of Largs, Ayrshire and later Broadmeadows, Selkirk. She was a a close friend of Dr Muir.
5 Robert James Lang (1856-1914), one of Mrs Lang’s sons.
6 Newham is so far unidentified.
7 John Hall is so far unidentified.
8 John ‘Jack’ Roberts junior (1876-1966) and Agnes Amelia ‘Nancy’ Roberts née Muir (1878-1948), Dr Muir’s second daughter.
9 This individual is so far unidentified.
[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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