Forbes Benignus Winslow was born in London in 1810 and studied medicine at University College London and the Middlesex Hospital, graduating MD from Aberdeen in 1849. He wrote extensively on phrenology and mental illness and founded private lunatic asylums in London. Winslow died in London in 1874.

Sir William Tennant Gairdner was born in Edinburgh in 1824 and graduated MD from the University of Edinburgh in 1845. He was appointed house physician and surgeon at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh the following year and became infirmary pathologist in 1848. In 1862 he was appointed professor of medicine at the University of Glasgow and worked extensively in public health, serving as medical officer to the city of Glasgow from 1863 to 1872. Gairdner died in Edinburgh in 1907.

William Charles Wood received his medical degree from the University of St Andrews on 5 May 1846 and was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on 7 May 1850.

Alexander Adam Renton received his medical degree from the University of Edinburgh on 1 August 1849 and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on 4 February 1851. He spent his life in general practice in Edinburgh.

James Matthews Duncan was born in Aberdeen and educated at Aberdeen Grammar School. He obtained an MA from Marischal College before studying medicine in Aberdeen and Edinburgh. He received his MD from Aberdeen in 1846 and became a Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1847. He was appointed junior assistant to Professor James Young Simpson and participated in the early chloroform experiments.

Peter Niddrie received his medical degree from the University of Glasgow on 29 April 1835. He served as surgeon to the naval hospitals at Beirut and Acre during operations in Syria in 1840-1841 and spent the remainder of his career in the Royal Navy. Niddrie contributed papers on cholera to The Lancet between 1832 and 1849 and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on 4 December 1851. He died on 9 April 1862 at Buckingham House, Great Malvern.

James Warburton Begbie was born in Edinburgh, the second son of the physician James Begbie and Elizabeth Speirs. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy and studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh from 1843, serving twice as president of the Royal Medical Society. He graduated MD in 1847 and studied in Paris before returning to Edinburgh, where he became a family practitioner, physician to the New Town Dispensary, physician to the cholera hospital in 1854 and physician to the Royal Infirmary from 1855, delivering clinical lectures and developing one of the largest consulting practices in Britain.

Awly Patrick Barron received his medical degree from the University of St Andrews on 31 December 1851 and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on 4 May 1852.

Thomas Alexander Wise was born in Dundee on 13 June 1802 and graduated MD from the University of Edinburgh on 2 August 1824. He served with the Indian Medical Service, founded Hooghly Mohsin College and the Hooghly Imambarah Hospital and worked extensively in India. Wise became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on 3 August 1852 and published widely on medicine, including Hindu medical systems.

John Scott received his medical degree from the University of Edinburgh on 2 August 1819 and was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on 2 February 1847.