“A picture is worth a thousand words”, Napoleon Bonaparte. In this atlas, every picture tells a story. It is not surprising, considering the pace at which gastroenterology has moved ahead, that the third edition of this visual extravaganza is radically different from the second edition published in 1994. The chapters are generally arranged in anatomical sequence, and each chapter provides a brief anatomical introduction. Contrast barium radiology, ultrasonography, and endoscopy dominate the atlas, and there is a …