Not so cold + except a little sleety rain in the morning there was no fall. Pleasanter. Jean1 had a first night with 10 grs trional + 1 tab. Ankirk + H [Heroin].2 She had a proper perspiration during the night + nurse had to change her. Her temp. fell to 98.6 but rose again in the forenoon to [left blank]. On the whole she had restless day but took a fair amount of nourishment. Meikle3 called in the morning. I cycled to Bowhill Ettrickbank + Bowhill. Saw the Duke + Duchess + Lord Chas.4 Intendedgoing to Sinton Mill but was detained by Mrs Nichol, Mill Street, who had a d. [daughter] at 6.5 Jean had a restless night but is certainly better. Meikle found the dullness much less.
1 Jane Henderson Logan ‘Jean’ Muir, later Pike (1877-1941), Dr Muir’s eldest daughter, suffering from pneumonia at this time.
2 This medication is unidentified but Heroin was mentioned in a similar context recently.
3 Robert William Meikle (1870-1962), L.R.C.P. Edinburgh, living at Gowanbrae, Selkirk around 1904 [sources: Medical Register 1903 and Valuation Rolls, 1904] but moved to England between 1908 and early 1911.
4 William Henry Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch (1831-1924), Louisa Jane Scott née Hamilton (1836-1912) and, presumably, John Charles Montagu Douglas Scott (1864-1935), at this time Earl of Dalkeith, later 7th Duke of Buccleuch.
5 Bessie Blacklock Nichol, born 11 April 1904 at Hogg’s Buildings, Mill Street, Selkirk. She was the daughter of John Nichol, wool foreman, and Marion Nichol née Davidson. Her parents had married 9 April 1897 at Edinburgh.
[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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