First Sentence

"His birth at home, on October 14, 1894, was not easy, as his mother's meticulous journal entries testify: Held on to Edward and tugged-About 5 towels were arranged and I tugged as hard as possible-Later part of P.M. took lots of gruel-Miss McMahon saw child's hair at 4-Tug of war till 6 then very reluctantly took ether as Dr. Hildreth said it would be bad for the child to wait longer-Dr. Taylor gave the ether (20 minutes)."