“In 1860 it was still believed that one should be born at home. Nowadays, the rumor goes, the high priests of medicine command that the first cry of a newborn be heard in the sterile atmosphere of a clinic, preferably a fashionable one. Therefore, when the young couple Mr. and Mrs. Roger Button decided one fine summer day in 1860 that their first child should be born in a clinic, they were fifty years ahead of fashion. Whether this anachronism is connected with the amazing story that I am going to tell here will forever remain a mystery. I will tell you how it all happened, and then judge for yourself...”