A seventeen-month-old baby who had never been separated from his mother and father was left with an aunt when his parents went on a skiing trip. After they were gone a short time the child was stricken with a mysterious ailment.  He did not eat or sleep and ran a fever. Dark patches appeared under his eyes and he wouldn’t smile at anything.  The alarmed aunt took him to the pediatrician who told her that the parents had to be called back from their trip because the child was suffering from a broken heart. The parents returned quickly. The symptoms disappeared and the child was fine.