Doctor Borschlein

Dr Borschlein was a "family doctor" who lived on Chili Avenue, in Gates, just East of Hinchey Rd.
He was our obstretician, pediatrician, and internal medicine doctor for all the years we were growing up. Starting with our deliveries, I guess our last visits were for high school physicals.

I remember a couple of visits in particular. Once, on a Saturday morning when I was about 10, I was playing basketball at the Florence Brassar gym and I went crashing, face first, into the open bleacher bench. I remember being rushed to Dr B's and getting stitches very close to my eye. Another time, while playing kickball in the neighborhood, I "hurt" my finger. When it still hurt the next day, I was taken to Dr B and he wrapped the finger together with the adjoining one and said to come back in 2 weeks. When I did, I still couldn't move the finger so then he suggested x-rays. The x-ray showed a broken finger which meant that after two weeks of settling, the orthopedic surgeon had to "straighten it out again" and then set it properly. Other than those visits, I only remember a bunch of routine visits for routine shots and checkups.

Dr B also made house calls and I can remember him "stopping by" to make sure sick kids were getting better - how great was that for big family Moms in one car households??