Alfred Elliott Benthall trained at University College London, becoming a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1879, a Licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries in 1880, and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1883. He was a Member of the British Medical Association and worked as House Surgeon at Hartlepool Hospital from 1880 to 1882. He later moved to Sherborne, Dorset, where he died in June 1886.

Alexander Henry Freeland Barbour was born in Edinburgh, the youngest son of G F Barbour of Bonskeid, Perthshire. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh, earning an MA in 1875, BSc in 1877, MB with honours in 1879, and MD in 1883, for which he was awarded a gold medal. He undertook postgraduate study in France, Germany, and Italy. He specialised in obstetrics and gynaecology and became Assistant to Professor Sir Alexander Russell Simpson.

William Taylor was born in Forfarshire in 1836 and earned his MD from the University of Edinburgh in 1867, following several years working in business in Australia. He served as Assistant to the Professor of Practice of Physic and later as Senior Assistant to the Professor of Surgery at the University of Edinburgh, before becoming Resident Surgeon at the Royal Maternity Hospital, Edinburgh. He had a particular interest in midwifery and served as both Fellow and Vice-President of the Obstetrical Society of Edinburgh. While still a student, he published an account in the Edinburgh Medical Journal on the use of artificial heat to maintain foetal heartbeats. He died in Edinburgh in 1916.

Alexander Black trained at the University of Edinburgh, earning his MB in 1877. By the time he was elected a Member of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, he had also undertaken study at the universities of Berlin, Prague, and Vienna, and gained practical experience at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. He worked throughout his career in Edinburgh, holding posts at several hospitals in the city, and later served as Medical Officer to the Edinburgh Royal Dispensary. He died in Edinburgh in 1906.

Thomas Francis Spittal Caverhill was born in the Scottish Borders and trained at the University of Edinburgh, earning his MB CM in 1878. He also undertook a period of study in Vienna. He worked in several hospitals in Edinburgh before returning to the Borders, where he served as Medical Officer of Health for Haddingtonshire. He was a Surgeon-Colonel in the Lothian and Berwick Imperial Yeomanry and developed a mounted battlefield ambulance to aid wounded cavalry. He also founded the Manor Valley Sanatorium as a low-cost alternative to conventional tuberculosis treatment. He died in Jedburgh in November 1910.

Harvey Eustace Astles was born in Worcestershire in 1840 and trained at the University of St Andrews, earning his MD in 1883. He emigrated to Australia, continuing his studies at the Universities of Adelaide and Melbourne. He published a pamphlet entitled 'Fermented Liquors: Shall I Use Them or Not?' in 1886 and worked as Physician at Melbourne Hospital and later as Lecturer in Clinical Medicine at the University of Melbourne. He served as President of the Western Australian and South Australian branches of the British Medical Association and acted as a Justice of the Peace for South Australia until his death in 1915.

Henry Macdonald Church was born in Edinburgh and trained at the University of Edinburgh, earning his BSc in 1871, MB CM in 1872, and MD in 1874. He spent his career in Edinburgh, including service as Resident Surgeon and Resident Physician at the Royal Infirmary, and later as Demonstrator of Anatomy at the University. He was a Member of the Medico-Chirurgical Society of Edinburgh, the Obstetric Society of Edinburgh, and the Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh, serving as President of the latter. He published several works, including 'The Risks of Pregnancy and Lactation Overlapping' (1903). Church died in 1915.

John Brown Buist trained at the University of Edinburgh, earning his MB in 1867, CM in 1870, and MD in 1871, and later a BSc in Public Health in 1902. He worked extensively as a vaccinator, acting as Physician and Vaccinator to several dispensaries in Edinburgh. He also served as Lecturer in General Pathology at the Edinburgh School of Medicine and later as Local Government Board Teacher of Vaccination. He published several works on vaccination, including 'Vaccinia and Variola: A Study of Their Life History' (1887).

Thomas Outterson Wood was born in Durham in 1843 and trained at Durham University College of Medicine and St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, earning his MD in 1886. After specialising in psychological medicine, he worked at several asylums before becoming Lecturer in Psychological Medicine at the University of Durham. He wrote several works on lunacy law, including publications relating to the Lunacy Act of 1890. A Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, he was active in the British Medical Association and the Royal Medico-Psychological Association. As a member of the council of the Royal British Nurses' Association, he worked on training and professional recognition for mental hospital nurses. He retired in 1915 and died in 1930.

Peter McBride trained at the University of Edinburgh, earning his MB CM in 1876 and his MD in 1881, following a period of study at the University of Vienna. An otologist and laryngologist, he was the first Consulting Surgeon to the Ear and Throat Department at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and the first Lecturer in Diseases of the Ear and Throat at the University of Edinburgh. He authored several textbooks, including 'A Guide to the Study of Ear Diseases' (1884), and edited the second edition of W G Porter's 'Diseases of the Throat, Nose and Ear for Practitioners and Students' (1916). He retired in 1903 but later undertook voluntary work at the Second Scottish General Hospital during the First World War. He died in 1946 aged ninety-two.