Free and Low Cost Healthcare Books and Accessories

Founded in 1965 by Professor David Morley CBE, Teaching-aids At Low Cost (TALC) is a unique charity whose main objective is to promote the health of children and advance medical knowledge and teaching in the UK and throughout the world by providing and developing educational material.

Sir John Crofton

We were very sorry to learn of the recent death of Sir John Crofton, aged 97. Sir John developed the first successful treatment, using a combination of drugs for Tuberculosis in the 1950s. Not content with that, he and his doctor wife Eileen campaigned tirelessly against tobacco and their work led to the first public smoking ban in Scotland. Sir John had recently turned his attention to alcohol and began publishing his concerns about binge-drinking and the damage that abuse of alcohol is causing to our society.

His book – "Clinical Tuberculosis" - has been distributed by TALC to over 127 countries and translated into more than 19 other languages. "Tobacco, A Global Threat" was distributed to 124 countries and was translated into 12 other languages.

Read more about Sir John Crofton

Shop for Healthcare Books and Accessories

Our online store stocks a wide range of low cost healthcare books and accessories, including charts, downloads, CD-ROMs, videos and DVDs. We are very grateful to a number of organisations who have donated FREE CD-ROMs and other materials for distribution to the developing world.

Work with TALC and Donate to TALC

Help us to deliver up to date medical education to some of the poorest parts of the world. There are many ways you can help TALC in our work. Are you a publisher of medical material? Do you live in the St Albans area and have time to volunteer with us? Can you donate to TALC?

Onde Não Ha Médico

TALC’s Where There Is No Doctor has now been updated, translated and revised into Portuguese by a team from Mozambique. Onde Não Há Médico is intended for health workers in Portuguese-speaking countries of Africa and is now available.

Electronic Teaching-aids At Low Cost

The Electronic Teaching-aids at Low Cost (e-TALC) project was initiated in 2001 and distributes free CD-ROMs of relevant and up to date medical information that can be accessed by anyone with a computer. To date over 70,000 CDs have been sent out, in ten volumes. Regular contributors to the CD include the BMJ, the Lancet, Tearfund and many others.