It is a particular challenge to present a new edition of a textbook that has been praised as the “model for other textbooks” and “a departure from everything that has preceded it”. The new international team of editors of Rheumatology has accepted this task and has succeeded brilliantly. The third edition of Rheumatology is an admirable Reference that brings together comprehensive, up to date coverage, more than 1600 full colour photographs, tables and charts, and practical clinical guidance for the practising and academic rheumatologist and arthritis related healthcare professional in a well organised, highly visual format. It is …