A thick covering of snow. The day was one of fog, drizzle + slush + yet in some places there seemed to be frost. The wind was slight + E. Mrs Walt. Dickson (Annie McRobie) died this morning.1 I saw town cases + Hospital walking before lunch + in afternoon drove to Oakwoodmill, Hartwoodmyres, Bowhill + Broadmeadows. Advised And. Smith to go in to Edinburgh about his eye which he will do tomorrow.2
1 Annie Dickson née McRobie (1859-1904) died 7 March 1904 at Forest Road, Selkirk, aged 43, of pneumonia six days as certified by John S Muir M.B. +c. She was the daughter of John McRobie and Jessie McRobie née Lambert and was married to Walter Dickson, woollen factory worker.
2 Andrew Smith had presented with Iritis on 3 March 1904. He may have been Andrew Smith (about 1841-), joiner, who was recorded living at Scott’s Place, Selkirk in 1901.
[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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