Medicine in Brief, Volume 2 Name the Disease: Medical Haiku and Tanka |
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| Illustrator:
| Chen, Pamela |
| Author:
| Cooper, Cynthia |
| ISBN: | 979-8-3870-1115-3 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2023 |
| Publisher: | Independently Published
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $17.99 |
Book Description:
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Fresh air, mountain streams Water not clean as it seems Weeks on symptoms start Cramping, loose stool, scare for host Haunting wide-eyed floating ghosts Ready to solve this poem? Hajimemashou! Medicine in Brief, Volume 2 expands upon the first book's collection of medical poems written in traditional Japanese haiku and tanka form. Each poem is designed to capture the uniqueness of a particular disease, serving as...
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Fresh air, mountain streams
Water not clean as it seems
Weeks on symptoms start
Cramping, loose stool, scare for host
Haunting wide-eyed floating ghosts
Ready to solve this poem? Hajimemashou!
Medicine in Brief, Volume 2 expands upon the first book's collection of medical poems written in traditional Japanese haiku and tanka form. Each poem is designed to capture the uniqueness of a particular disease, serving as both puzzle and springboard for education about the illness.
Open the book to any page and find an original poem as a riddle to be solved. The answer and an explanation as to why that answer is correct lie on the following page.
The poems cover a wide swath of Medicine with ten chapters ranging from Cardiology and Infectious Disease to Oncology and Psychiatry. Medicine in Brief, Volume 2 will challenge, educate and delight any student of Medicine.