Notes for Arthur D. SIGSBY
Source: NY State Vital Records Index, deaths
Sigsby, Arthur D. May 5, 1886 at Williamstown
Rochester Democrat June 6, 1885
The surgeon’s knife decides the conflict, and is crowned with an obvious victory. Arthur Sigsby, a young man residing in the west part of Williamson, bruised his right knee about a year since, which soon became inflamed. The injury was subjected to various treatments, which failed to give any degree of relief. On the 1st of May last Dr. A.G. Austin, of Williamson, was called to treat the case. Dr. Austin found the knee very much inflamed and so swollen that it measured twenty-seven inches around. The doctor found after a thorough test that there was no pus in the affectd part, and called the case synovitis of the knee joint. The muscles and ligaments had become a mass of decayed pulp and the bone diseased above and below the knee. Dr. Austin decided that amputation was the only thing that could be done to save life. Other physicians thought that amputation would prove fatal and many of the public concurred in the latter view. Dr. T. J. Peer of Ontario, was called to counsel in the case, and after examining the knee very carefully became convinced that amputation was necessary. Hon. John P. Bennett and D.K. Milhan, charity officer of Williamson were present and fully concurred in the decision of the physicians. On May 28th Dr. Austin and Peer, assisted by Mrs. Dr. Austin amputated the leg about half way from the knee to the hip. On examining the bone it was found that they had cut within an inch of the affected part. Other physicians were cordially invited to be present at the operation. None, however, accepted the call. This young man is doing fery finely, and feels cheerful over the occasion.
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