Medicine in Brief: Name the Disease in Haiku, Tanka and Art

Medicine in Brief is a collection of poems in traditional Japanese haiku and tanka form. Each poem is written to capture the uniqueness of a particular disease, serving both as puzzle and springboard for education about the illness. For each unique disease, readers are presented with a poetic riddle to solve. The answer and explanation lie on the following page. The book is designed to educate and challenge medical learners of every level of training.