Show country doctor remains active at age of 90 burlingame KAS one ot of the last of kansas horse and an buggy doctors 90 year old dr F E schenck hails modern medical techniques and the latest drugs but sadly recalls the good old days when the venerable old doctor was in his early years ot of practice here his use of horses often spared him some physical strain in an almost 24 hour daily schedule his team he recalls could be trusted to take him home without guidance one advantage we had bad over ever the present day doctors to he maintains the team would just head for home and I 1 could sleep during the ride df 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 considerably and should d cut it down more but he says its 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 an institution in this small kansas town some of the people he has brought into the world are babies nursing in their mothers arms others are more than 60 years old dr schenck have any idea how many births he has assisted 1 I do know he says th that at I 1 have brought the third generation of some families around here into the world A large man with good posture and firm voice dr schenck is partly bald but has a thick gray mustache he keeps well posted on all new developments in the medical profession his medical library being considered one of the largest in the country advancements in medical techniques and development of new drugs will be responsible tor for an ever increasing rise in the n nations health standards he believes |