A local doctor says the most significant episodes of a profession practiced in the last century in some countries of Piedmont.

The vivacity, liveliness and verve of the style help to shape tasty scenes as they occur overtime humor of the author, his humanity and his strong participation in the sufferings of others.

The text as a whole outlines with particular sharpness of the scenario of that '"humble" Italy, too often reduced to comp also by famous writers. Here, however, the narrative does not let "smell" of literature, but has the flavor of life, the life lived with genuine passion and responsible mission, when the doctor had to be ready to face any eventuality.