Paducah's Oldest
Physician Dies
Paducah's oldest physician, Dr. Frank Boyd, died Saturday night at Western Baptist Hospital.
Dr. Boyd would have been 92 years old December 15.
Paducah was the only place he ever practiced with the exception of service in the Spanish-American War, and his active practicing career of 62 years included many brilliant firsts.
Dr. Boyd only quit practicing about seven years ago at the age of 84.
He was credited with performing the first appendectomy in this area, that on a Livingston County farmer at the farmers house. He later operated on a Graves County woman who had to be carried into the yard so there would be sufficient light for him to see by. Another time a Carlisle County man's life was saved by Dr. Boyd even though he had to finish the delicate operation by candlelight after the kerosene had all burned.
Headed IC Hospital
In the late 1800's, Dr. Boyd established his own hospital in Paducah and employed the first trained nurse the town had ever known.
He had to sell the hospital when he entered the Army during the Spanish-American War but later established another hosptial at 7th and Madison Sts. A few years later, in 1904, he led the way in starting Riverside Hospital here.
In 1913 Dr. Boyd transferred to Illinois Central Hospital where he became surgeon-in-charge. He remained at the IC until his retirement in 1951.
Just before leaving Riverside, Dr Boyd finished an operation standing ankle-deep in water as the flood water of that year crept into the operation room.
Rescued Woman
The Boyds built their home at 1545 Broadway in 1909. This was eight years after Flora Styer had married the young doctor at Golconda, Ill.
When IC Hospital burned in 1917, Dr. Boyd and another man rescued a woman on which he had operated that day and carried her across the street where she remained the rest of the night. The Boyd home is close to what was IC Hospital until it became the Katterjohn Building.
Dr. Boyd's military career was exemplary. He became a major soon after enlistment in 1898 and was sent to Puerto Rico where he was put in charge of a hospital. Army authorities in Washington asked him to take charge of bringing all men home from overseas after the war but he became ill himself and had to return to Paducah.
A graduate of Rush Medical College in Chicago, Dr. Boyd was one of only two men in 1948 who had been awared 50-year practice pins by the state of Illinois. He was president of the Kentucky Medical Association in 1924 and was honored with a 50-year key from that group at its 1949 convention. Dr. Boyd was also the oldest member of the Southwest Medical Society.
Although Dr. and Mrs. Boyd were world-wide travelers, they both were active in social and professional circles. At one time he was county health officer and at another time served as president of the police board.
He was a member of Paducah's First Presbyterian Church.
A native of McLeansboro, Ill., Dr. Boyd was one of 12 children. Only one brother, besides his wife, survives. He is Charlie J. Boyd of Enid, Okla.
Dr. Boyd died a month before he and Mrs. Boyd would have observed their 56th wedding anniversary--October 30.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete. The body is at Roth Funeral Home.
The Paducah Sun-Democrat
Paducah, Ky
Sunday, September 28, 1958, p. 1
.
Physician Dies
Paducah's oldest physician, Dr. Frank Boyd, died Saturday night at Western Baptist Hospital.
Dr. Boyd would have been 92 years old December 15.
Paducah was the only place he ever practiced with the exception of service in the Spanish-American War, and his active practicing career of 62 years included many brilliant firsts.
Dr. Boyd only quit practicing about seven years ago at the age of 84.
He was credited with performing the first appendectomy in this area, that on a Livingston County farmer at the farmers house. He later operated on a Graves County woman who had to be carried into the yard so there would be sufficient light for him to see by. Another time a Carlisle County man's life was saved by Dr. Boyd even though he had to finish the delicate operation by candlelight after the kerosene had all burned.
Headed IC Hospital
In the late 1800's, Dr. Boyd established his own hospital in Paducah and employed the first trained nurse the town had ever known.
He had to sell the hospital when he entered the Army during the Spanish-American War but later established another hosptial at 7th and Madison Sts. A few years later, in 1904, he led the way in starting Riverside Hospital here.
In 1913 Dr. Boyd transferred to Illinois Central Hospital where he became surgeon-in-charge. He remained at the IC until his retirement in 1951.
Just before leaving Riverside, Dr Boyd finished an operation standing ankle-deep in water as the flood water of that year crept into the operation room.
Rescued Woman
The Boyds built their home at 1545 Broadway in 1909. This was eight years after Flora Styer had married the young doctor at Golconda, Ill.
When IC Hospital burned in 1917, Dr. Boyd and another man rescued a woman on which he had operated that day and carried her across the street where she remained the rest of the night. The Boyd home is close to what was IC Hospital until it became the Katterjohn Building.
Dr. Boyd's military career was exemplary. He became a major soon after enlistment in 1898 and was sent to Puerto Rico where he was put in charge of a hospital. Army authorities in Washington asked him to take charge of bringing all men home from overseas after the war but he became ill himself and had to return to Paducah.
A graduate of Rush Medical College in Chicago, Dr. Boyd was one of only two men in 1948 who had been awared 50-year practice pins by the state of Illinois. He was president of the Kentucky Medical Association in 1924 and was honored with a 50-year key from that group at its 1949 convention. Dr. Boyd was also the oldest member of the Southwest Medical Society.
Although Dr. and Mrs. Boyd were world-wide travelers, they both were active in social and professional circles. At one time he was county health officer and at another time served as president of the police board.
He was a member of Paducah's First Presbyterian Church.
A native of McLeansboro, Ill., Dr. Boyd was one of 12 children. Only one brother, besides his wife, survives. He is Charlie J. Boyd of Enid, Okla.
Dr. Boyd died a month before he and Mrs. Boyd would have observed their 56th wedding anniversary--October 30.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete. The body is at Roth Funeral Home.
The Paducah Sun-Democrat
Paducah, Ky
Sunday, September 28, 1958, p. 1
.
Paducah's Oldest
Physician Dies
Paducah's oldest physician, Dr. Frank Boyd, died Saturday night at Western Baptist Hospital.
Dr. Boyd would have been 92 years old December 15.
Paducah was the only place he ever practiced with the exception of service in the Spanish-American War, and his active practicing career of 62 years included many brilliant firsts.
Dr. Boyd only quit practicing about seven years ago at the age of 84.
He was credited with performing the first appendectomy in this area, that on a Livingston County farmer at the farmers house. He later operated on a Graves County woman who had to be carried into the yard so there would be sufficient light for him to see by. Another time a Carlisle County man's life was saved by Dr. Boyd even though he had to finish the delicate operation by candlelight after the kerosene had all burned.
Headed IC Hospital
In the late 1800's, Dr. Boyd established his own hospital in Paducah and employed the first trained nurse the town had ever known.
He had to sell the hospital when he entered the Army during the Spanish-American War but later established another hosptial at 7th and Madison Sts. A few years later, in 1904, he led the way in starting Riverside Hospital here.
In 1913 Dr. Boyd transferred to Illinois Central Hospital where he became surgeon-in-charge. He remained at the IC until his retirement in 1951.
Just before leaving Riverside, Dr Boyd finished an operation standing ankle-deep in water as the flood water of that year crept into the operation room.
Rescued Woman
The Boyds built their home at 1545 Broadway in 1909. This was eight years after Flora Styer had married the young doctor at Golconda, Ill.
When IC Hospital burned in 1917, Dr. Boyd and another man rescued a woman on which he had operated that day and carried her across the street where she remained the rest of the night. The Boyd home is close to what was IC Hospital until it became the Katterjohn Building.
Dr. Boyd's military career was exemplary. He became a major soon after enlistment in 1898 and was sent to Puerto Rico where he was put in charge of a hospital. Army authorities in Washington asked him to take charge of bringing all men home from overseas after the war but he became ill himself and had to return to Paducah.
A graduate of Rush Medical College in Chicago, Dr. Boyd was one of only two men in 1948 who had been awared 50-year practice pins by the state of Illinois. He was president of the Kentucky Medical Association in 1924 and was honored with a 50-year key from that group at its 1949 convention. Dr. Boyd was also the oldest member of the Southwest Medical Society.
Although Dr. and Mrs. Boyd were world-wide travelers, they both were active in social and professional circles. At one time he was county health officer and at another time served as president of the police board.
He was a member of Paducah's First Presbyterian Church.
A native of McLeansboro, Ill., Dr. Boyd was one of 12 children. Only one brother, besides his wife, survives. He is Charlie J. Boyd of Enid, Okla.
Dr. Boyd died a month before he and Mrs. Boyd would have observed their 56th wedding anniversary--October 30.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete. The body is at Roth Funeral Home.
The Paducah Sun-Democrat
Paducah, Ky
Sunday, September 28, 1958, p. 1
.
Physician Dies
Paducah's oldest physician, Dr. Frank Boyd, died Saturday night at Western Baptist Hospital.
Dr. Boyd would have been 92 years old December 15.
Paducah was the only place he ever practiced with the exception of service in the Spanish-American War, and his active practicing career of 62 years included many brilliant firsts.
Dr. Boyd only quit practicing about seven years ago at the age of 84.
He was credited with performing the first appendectomy in this area, that on a Livingston County farmer at the farmers house. He later operated on a Graves County woman who had to be carried into the yard so there would be sufficient light for him to see by. Another time a Carlisle County man's life was saved by Dr. Boyd even though he had to finish the delicate operation by candlelight after the kerosene had all burned.
Headed IC Hospital
In the late 1800's, Dr. Boyd established his own hospital in Paducah and employed the first trained nurse the town had ever known.
He had to sell the hospital when he entered the Army during the Spanish-American War but later established another hosptial at 7th and Madison Sts. A few years later, in 1904, he led the way in starting Riverside Hospital here.
In 1913 Dr. Boyd transferred to Illinois Central Hospital where he became surgeon-in-charge. He remained at the IC until his retirement in 1951.
Just before leaving Riverside, Dr Boyd finished an operation standing ankle-deep in water as the flood water of that year crept into the operation room.
Rescued Woman
The Boyds built their home at 1545 Broadway in 1909. This was eight years after Flora Styer had married the young doctor at Golconda, Ill.
When IC Hospital burned in 1917, Dr. Boyd and another man rescued a woman on which he had operated that day and carried her across the street where she remained the rest of the night. The Boyd home is close to what was IC Hospital until it became the Katterjohn Building.
Dr. Boyd's military career was exemplary. He became a major soon after enlistment in 1898 and was sent to Puerto Rico where he was put in charge of a hospital. Army authorities in Washington asked him to take charge of bringing all men home from overseas after the war but he became ill himself and had to return to Paducah.
A graduate of Rush Medical College in Chicago, Dr. Boyd was one of only two men in 1948 who had been awared 50-year practice pins by the state of Illinois. He was president of the Kentucky Medical Association in 1924 and was honored with a 50-year key from that group at its 1949 convention. Dr. Boyd was also the oldest member of the Southwest Medical Society.
Although Dr. and Mrs. Boyd were world-wide travelers, they both were active in social and professional circles. At one time he was county health officer and at another time served as president of the police board.
He was a member of Paducah's First Presbyterian Church.
A native of McLeansboro, Ill., Dr. Boyd was one of 12 children. Only one brother, besides his wife, survives. He is Charlie J. Boyd of Enid, Okla.
Dr. Boyd died a month before he and Mrs. Boyd would have observed their 56th wedding anniversary--October 30.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete. The body is at Roth Funeral Home.
The Paducah Sun-Democrat
Paducah, Ky
Sunday, September 28, 1958, p. 1
.
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