Wind still very high but fell in the afternoon. Dear Jean1, who has had a cough for some time + was out last night at a meeting of the G.F.S.2 when a presentation was made to Miss Dunn3, developed symptoms of pneumonia this morning. Her temp. was 103.2. I got Nurse Taylor4, who was on holiday at Duns. She came at 12. I was in town + at Greenhead, Dandswall, Curror Street +c + after I drove to Broadmeadows + Yarrow Feus. After dinner had to go down to Bridgelands. Jean’s temp rose to 104°.
1 Jane Henderson Logan ‘Jean’ Muir, later Pike (1877-1941), Dr Muir’s eldest daughter.
2 Assume The Girls’ Friendly Society (GFS – perhaps SGFS in Scotland), established 1875 to “provide friendship and support for the growing numbers of working-class country girls who were leaving home to take up employment in towns and cities.” Archives are held by The Women’s Library at the London School of Economics and at locations listed as related material at the same URL [sources are, Society: https://www.childrenshomes.org.uk/GFS/, and archives: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/9e3bee7a-6881-43ef-91e9-1ff7116b4f4a%5D
3 The best fit here is Hyndmer Rutherford ‘Miss’ Dunn (about 1843-1922), daughter of John Dunn, chemist and druggist, and Hyndmer Rutherford Dunn née Hewat, and sister of Thomas ‘Tom’ Dunn (about 1844-1921).
4 Nurse Taylor 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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