John Malcolm Farquharson was born c.1865, the eldest son of a medical practitioner in Tillicoultry. He was educated at Dollar Academy, Clackmannanshire, before studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh, graduating in 1887. After graduation he served as House Surgeon at Glasgow Royal Infirmary and undertook postgraduate study in Glasgow and Vienna. He was later appointed Assistant Surgeon in the Ear, Nose and Throat Department at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. He was admitted as a Member of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1901 and elected a Fellow in 1903. During the First World War he volunteered his services to the Scottish Medical Services Emergency Committee. He died in Edinburgh in 1936.

Stuart McDonald was born at Castle Douglas and educated at Dumfries Academy. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and was awarded MD in 1907 for a thesis on subacute necrosis of the liver. After postgraduate study in pathology, including time in Freiburg, he pursued an academic career. In 1909 he was appointed to the Chair of Pathology at the University of Durham, a post he held until his retirement in 1937, after which he was Emeritus Professor. McDonald published on a range of pathological topics, including asbestosis, and had a particular interest in forensic medicine. He also served as an external examiner in pathology at several universities. McDonald died on 15 July 1951.

Hugh Lathrop Murray was born in Victoria, Australia, c.1869. He was educated in Australia at Queen's College, Melbourne, and the University of Melbourne before travelling to Scotland to study medicine at the University of Edinburgh, where he graduated in 1892. After graduation he was appointed Resident Physician at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. In 1894 he became Medical Superintendent of the Edinburgh Provident Dispensary and was admitted as a Member of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in the same year. He returned to Australia in 1895 and established a medical practice in the suburbs of Melbourne. During the First World War he served as Regimental Medical Officer with Australian battalions in Egypt. After the war he took charge of physiotherapy at a hospital in Melbourne. He died in Melbourne in 1929.

John William Myers was born on 14 March 1862. He studied medicine at the University of Aberdeen, graduating in 1902. Myers was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1904. He died in 1938 at the age of 76.

William Wood was born c.1865. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh and the School of Medicine of the Royal Colleges, Edinburgh, graduating MB in 1890. He established a private medical practice in the Southside of Edinburgh and was a Lecturer in Materia Medica at the School of Medicine of the Royal Colleges. He was admitted as a Member of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1900 and elected a Fellow in 1906. He died in 1906, aged forty-one.

Harry Oliphant Nicholson was born in 1870, the son of Henry Alleyne Nicholson, Professor of Natural History at the University of Aberdeen. He was educated at the University of Aberdeen and was awarded the MD degree by the University of Edinburgh in 1891. He practised medicine in Kirkcaldy for nine years before returning to Edinburgh, where he served for twenty years as Senior Assistant at the Royal Maternity Hospital. He was Lecturer in Clinical Obstetrics at the University of Edinburgh. He was admitted as a Member of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1902 and elected a Fellow in 1904. During the First World War he offered his services to the Scottish Medical Service Emergency Committee. He died in Edinburgh in 1941.

Alexander Goodall was born in Ayrshire in 1876, the son of the Reverend Charles Goodall. He was educated at George Watson's College and the University of Edinburgh, graduating MB in 1898 and MD in 1901. He was admitted as a Member of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1901 and elected a Fellow in 1904. He served as House Physician at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and House Surgeon at Yarmouth General Hospital. In 1906 he qualified as a Lecturer in Physiology and was appointed Assistant Physician to the Royal Infirmary in 1913. He served as President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1937. He died in Edinburgh in 1941.

David Duncan Main was born in Kirkmichael, Perth and Kinross, in 1856. He studied medicine at the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh and obtained the Triple Qualification of the Scottish Corporations in 1881. He immediately entered medical missionary work in China and from 1881 to 1927 served as Superintendent of the Church Missionary Society Medical Mission in Hangzhou, where he was also Principal of the Hangzhou Medical Training College. He translated several medical texts into Chinese. During a return to Scotland he was admitted as a Member of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1901 and elected a Fellow in 1905, and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1911. He died in Edinburgh in 1934.

George Pratt Yule was born in 1873. He was educated at George Watson's College and the University of Edinburgh, graduating MB in 1894. He was awarded the BSc in Public Health in 1896 and the MD degree in 1899. He was admitted as a Member of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1900 and elected a Fellow in 1905. He worked in pathological laboratories at Larbert Institution and later the Crichton Royal Institution. In 1900 he volunteered for service in the South African War and was stationed at Norval's Point on the Orange River. He remained in South Africa until 1912, when he returned to Scotland and was appointed Medical Officer of Health for Fife, a post he held until 1938. He died in Cupar in 1955.

George Freeland Barbour Simpson was born in Edinburgh in 1874, the second son of Sir Alexander Russell Simpson, Professor of Midwifery and Diseases of Women at the University of Edinburgh. He was educated at George Watson's College and the University of Edinburgh, graduating MB in 1898. After further training at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and the Royal Maternity Hospital, he undertook postgraduate study in Paris. He was admitted as a Member of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1898 and elected a Fellow after being awarded the MD degree in 1905. He was appointed Assistant Physician at the Royal Maternity Hospital and Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion. He died in Edinburgh in 1958.