The Mystery in the Room is not merely a book about rare diseases, though it is indeed filled with fascinating and perplexing medical cases. It is, more than anything, a book about people-and about the doctor who never stopped trying to understand them. Dr. Chuck Radis has given us a gift: stories from the frontlines of medicine, told not from the head of the exam table, but from the heart. This book speaks to all of us-as patients, as caregivers, and as human beings-viewed and beautifully described from the other side of the bed rail.

Whether you are a patient (as we all are at some point), or a healthcare professional seeking insight into how science and humanism must come together in the care of the sick, you will find this book both moving and illuminating.