Claude Buchanan Ker was born in Cheltenham in 1867, the son of Dr Claudius Buchanan Ker. He was educated in Cheltenham before undertaking medical training at the University of Edinburgh, graduating in 1890. In 1891 he was appointed Superintendent of Edinburgh City Hospital and also held posts at the Royal Maternity Hospital and the Edinburgh Fever Hospital. He obtained the Certificate of the Medico-Psychological Association of Great Britain in 1891 and graduated MD in 1896. He published extensively on fevers and infectious diseases, including 'Manual of Fevers' (1901) and 'Infectious Disease: A Practical Textbook' (1920). During the First World War he offered his services to the Scottish Medical Service Emergency Committee. Claude Buchanan Ker died in Edinburgh in 1925.

John Fraser was born in Thornhill, Dumfriesshire, in 1845. He studied at the University of Edinburgh from 1868 to 1870, graduating with first-class honours. He was appointed Assistant Medical Officer at the Fife and Kinross District Asylum, where he served for seven years. He later became Deputy Commissioner and then Commissioner of the Board of Lunacy, devoting thirty-three years to the administration and improvement of institutions for the care of people with mental illness. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1895. After retiring from the Board of Lunacy in 1910, he was involved in charitable organisations in Edinburgh, including the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. He died in Edinburgh in 1925.

Maharaja Sir Bhagvatsingh was born Kumar Sri Bhagvatsinghji Sangramsinhji Sahib in Gondal, India in 1865. In 1869, at the age of four, Bhagvatsingh succeeded his father as Maharaja of Gondal. In 1892 Bhagvatsingh travelled to Britain to begin his medical education at the University of Edinburgh. Bhagvatsingh graduated from the University with a medical degree in 1895 and was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in the same year. Bhagvatsingh returned to India where he remained involved in the medical field. He held the position of Vice-President of the Indian Medical Association. Bhagvatsingh died in Gondal, India in 1944.

William Haldane was born in Stirlingshire in 1847. He began his education in Stirling before continuing his studies at the University of Edinburgh. Haldane then moved to the University of Glasgow where he graduated in 1872. After graduating Haldane served as a resident physician at Glasgow Royal Infirmary. In 1876 he obtained his MD and was admitted to Fellowship of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. He subsequently was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1895. Haldane also practised medicine in Braemar, Aberdeenshire where he became acquainted with the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII. Later in life Haldane returned to Stirling where he served as Justice of the Peace and was also, at various times, chairman of the school board, the water company and other public bodies. William Haldane died in Stirling in 1914.

Sir Robert Muir was born on 5 July 1864, the son of the Rev. Robert Muir of Balfron, Stirlingshire. Educated at the University of Edinburgh, he graduated MA in 1884, MB CM in 1888 and MD with honours in 1890. He was appointed the first Professor of Pathology at the University of St Andrews and later became Professor of Pathology at the University of Glasgow, where he held the chair for thirty-eight years. An internationally respected pathologist, he made major contributions to the study of immunity and blood pathology and authored influential textbooks on morbid anatomy. He died on 30 March 1959.

James Orr, son of Professor James Orr DD, was born in Hawick in 1876. Orr began his education at Watson's College, before graduating MD from the University of Edinburgh in 1899. Orr became a Member of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1894. During the First World War Orr served in Egypt with the Royal Army Medical Corps. Orr worked closely with Sir James Mackenzie on his studies in cardiology. Orr, with Mackenzie, authored the book 'Principles of Diagnosis and Treatment of Heart Afflictions', which was published in its third edition in 1926. Orr served as President of the Fife Branch of the British Medical Association from 1931-32. He also held the position of Director of the James Mackenzie Institute for Clinical Research. James Orr died in St Andrews in March 1944.

James Middlemass was born circa 1863 in Edinburgh. Middlemass was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1896 and graduated with a medical degree from the University of Edinburgh in 1898. Following graduation, Middlemass was appointed Medical Superintendent of Sunderland Borough Mental Hospital. Middlemass married the sister of Elkins, his predecessor at Sunderland Mental Hospital. Middlemass and Elkins worked closely together and jointly published an article in the Journal of Mental Science in 1899. Middlemass assisted in preparing the 'Handbook of Mental Nursing' which was published by the Medico-Psychological Association. During the First World War Middlemass was Chairman of the Local Medical War Committee. He held the position of President of the Sunderland Division of the British Medical Association twice and was also appointed a Lecturer in Psychological Medicine at the College of Medicine, Newcastle. James Middlemass died in 1922 aged fifty-nine.

Hamilton Graham Langwill received a medical degree in 1889. Following his graduation Graham Langwill served as House Physician at both Simpson Memorial Hospital and the Edinburgh Sick Children's Hospital. Graham Langwill also worked as a Lecturer at Leith Nautical College. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1896. During the First World War Hamilton Graham Langwill served as a Captain of the Royal Army Medical Corps. Hamilton Graham Langwill died in September 1946.

James Lamond Lackie was born in Montrose in 1868. He began his university education at the University of Aberdeen before transferring to the University of Edinburgh, where he graduated in medicine in 1894. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1896. He served as House Physician and House Surgeon at the Royal Infirmary and Maternity Hospital, and later held posts at the Edinburgh Maternity Hospital and as Gynaecologist at Leith Hospital. He was involved in the founding of the Edinburgh Hospital for Diseases of Women in 1910 and acted as an Examiner in Midwifery for several Scottish universities and the University of Durham. He died in 1924.

George Elder was born in East Lothian in 1869. He was educated at Knox Institute, Haddington, and graduated MB CM from the University of Edinburgh in 1891. After serving as a ship surgeon, he held resident posts at the Royal Infirmary, the Royal Hospital for Sick Children and the Maternity Hospital before entering private practice in Edinburgh. He graduated MD in 1896 and was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh the same year. He served as University Medical Tutor, Physician to the New Town Dispensary and Assistant Physician to Leith Hospital, and published jointly on childhood illness. He died in 1899, aged 30.