Bright + sunny again this morning becoming duller after midday but no rain. Jean1 had a fairly good night + kept improving all day. I was not out of the town but did a fairly good list walking in forenoon + cycling in afternoon. Made 34 visits including Haining, [and] Whinfield, Forest, Tweed + St Mary’s Mills.2 Passed a lot of [?].3 Went to bed at 10.
1 Jane Henderson Logan ‘Jean’ Muir, later Pike (1877-1941), Dr Muir’s eldest daughter, suffering from pneumonia at this time.
2 Whinfield Mill on Whinfield Road, Forest Mill, opposite the bottom of Forest Road, Tweed Mills on Dunsdale Road, and St Mary’s Mill on Level Crossing Road.
3 This, presumably a medical condition, is unidentified, suggestions gratefully received.
[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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