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
German Doctors for Developing Countries Doctors work on the island of Cebu on the Philippines. Over 120 medical missions were fulfilled in the slum-ambulances. There are constantly two doctors present at this medical station to help those, who are too poor for public medical care services. Moreover, the diagnostics and treatment of tuberculosis is one emphasis of the project. Each year more than 20.000 patients can be examined by German Doctors. On the island of Mindanao on the Philippines, German Doctors started operating in 1985. Since then, more than 1900 medical operations were undertaken. There are three slum-hospitals in Buda, Cagayan de Oro and Valencia