Surgeons' Hall demand for bodies for anatomical dissection exceeded supply. Two Irishmen living in Edinburgh, William Burke and William Hare, resorted to murdering victims to supply Knox's anatomy school. Hare turned King's evidence and Burke was tried, found guilty of murder and hanged. His body was dissected by Alexander Monro tertius, the University professor of anatomy, and the museum has on display two items from that notorious episode – Burke's death mask and a pocket book made from his skin. Joseph Bell (1837–1911) was an Edinburgh surgeon who was president of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh between 1887–89. He was
Doctors for Global Health in the first People's Health Assembly. The gathering culminated in the writing of the People's Charter for Health, of which DGH was a co-signer. DGH continues to work closely with People's Health Movement to promote human rights internationally. DGH works jointly with members of the Italian NGO Psicologi per I Popoli on several projects focused on improving the mental health of the communities in which DGH has a presence. Doctors for Global Health http://www.dghonline.org (official website) CoCoSI http://www.cocosi.org Primeros Pasos http://www.primerospasos.org/ People's Health Movement http://www.phmovement.org Psicologi Per i Populi http://www.psicologiperipopoli.it/ DGH Reporter Newsletter: Doctors for Global Health 1995-2005 Retrospective DGH's