Show Country Doctor Remains Active At Age of 90 BURLINGAME KAS One of the last of Kansas' Kansas horse-and-buggy horse doctors year old Dr F F. F E. E Schenck hails modern medical techniques techniques techniques tech tech- and the latest drugs but sadly recalls the good old days When the venerable old doctor was in his early years of practice here his use of horses often spared him some physical strain in an almost almost almost al al- al- al most hour 24 daily schedule His team he recalls could be trusted to take him home without guidance one advantage we had over the present-day present doctors doctors doctors doc doc- tors he maintains The team would just head for home and I could sleep during the ride Despite the weather the hour or his advanced age Dr Schenck still will answer a call from any of the townsfolk He has reduced his practice practice practice tice considerably and should cut it down more but he says its it's just habit for him to minister to the medical needs of the people of Burlingame The habit is so firmly entrenched in fact that Dr Schenck has become become become be be- come an institution in this small Kansas town Some of the people he has brought into the world are babies nursing in their mothers mother's arms Others are more than 60 years old Dr Schenck doesn't have any idea how many births he has assisted I do know he says that I have brought the third generation generation generation genera genera- tion of some families around here herc into the world A large man with good posture and firm voice Dr Schenck is is partly bald but has a thick gray mustache He keeps well posted on all new developments in the medical medical medical medi medi- cal profession his medical library being considered one of the largest in inthe the country Advancements in medical techniques techniques techniques tech tech- and development of new drugs will be responsible for an increasing ever-increasing rise in the nations nation's health standards he believes |