Burke and Hare murders Burke and Hare murders The Burke and Hare murders were a series of 16 killings committed over a period of about ten months in 1828 in Edinburgh, Scotland. They were undertaken by William Burke and William Hare, who sold the corpses to Robert Knox for dissection at his anatomy lectures. Edinburgh was a leading European centre of anatomical study in the early 19th century, in a time when the demand for cadavers led to a shortfall in legal supply. Scottish law required that corpses used for medical research should only come from those who had died in prison, suicide victims,
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