A Country Doctor..

Clement Gunn was one of the most popular and well known figures in the
Scottish Borders at the end of the nineteenth century, and well into the
twentieth.

During his working life Clement Gunn saw life in both its best and worst aspects,
from the poorest hovels to the great houses of the country gentry.

Covering his practice on horseback and foot, this highly educated man noted
and commented with great perception on both the great events that shaped his
times and the more intimate details of daily life; from the weather to the death of
Queen Victoria, from Belgian refugees arriving in 1914 to his purchase (with great
trepidation) of a motor tricycle...