John Beevor received his medical degree from the University of St Andrews on 3 August 1841. He acted as physician to the Newark Hospital and Dispensary, Nottinghamshire, and was admitted as a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1840. Beevor practised in partnership with James Irving in Newark-on-Trent until the partnership was dissolved on 25 May 1865. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on 6 February 1844.

William Hutcheson received his medical degree from the University of Edinburgh on 1 August 1838. He served as physician to the Glasgow Royal Lunatic Asylum and as the first physician superintendent of the Gartnavel Royal Asylum, holding both posts for over eight years. Hutcheson was called as an expert witness at the 1843 trial of Daniel McNaughton. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on 6 February 1844.

William Macpherson Adams received his medical degree from the University of Giessen on 9 August 1843. He served as assistant surgeon to the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, London, demonstrator of morbid anatomy and curator of the museum at St Thomas' Hospital, and was a member of the London Pathological Society. His published work includes papers on patellar fractures and chronic rheumatic arthritis. Adams became a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1842 and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on 5 November 1844.

John Scott was born in 1797, the youngest son of the Reverend James Scott, minister of Benholm, Kincardineshire. He was educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen, and graduated MD from the University of Edinburgh on 1 August 1820. Between 1818 and 1823 he made three voyages to the East in the service of the East India Company, serving as surgeon's mate and later ship's surgeon. In 1845 he was appointed examining physician to the East India Company and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on 4 February 1845. He died on 19 January 1859.

Edward Greenhow received his medical degree from the University of Erlangen on 24 September 1835. He contributed papers to the Medical Gazette between 1836 and 1838 and published 'The Climate of Jersey and the Present State of the Island' in 1852. He retired from practice in 1847 and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on 4 February 1845.

John Coldstream was born in Leith in 1806 and graduated MD from the University of Edinburgh in 1827. After further study in Paris he established practice in Leith in 1829. Coldstream played a key role in founding a hospital for the sick poor in Leith in 1846 and the Home and School for Invalid and Imbecile Children in Edinburgh in 1855. He died in 1863.

Archibald Makellar received his medical degree from the University of Glasgow on 25 April 1832. He was a leading investigator of occupational lung disease among coal miners and published 'An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis' in 1846. Makellar served as physician to the New Town Dispensary, Edinburgh, and was a member of the Harveian and Obstetrical Societies. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on 4 February 1845.

Robert Paterson received his medical degree from the University of Edinburgh on 1 August 1836. He served as physician to the Leith Dispensary and was President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh from 1871 to 1873. His publications include studies on epidemic fever and corpora lutea. Paterson became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on 4 February 1845.

Alexander Wood was born in Cupar, Fife, and was among the first pupils of Edinburgh Academy. He graduated MD from the University of Edinburgh in 1839 and practised in the New Town of Edinburgh. Wood lectured on the practice of physic in the extramural school and was a strong opponent of homeopathy, publishing 'Homeopathy Unmasked' and 'Sequel to Homeopathy Unmasked'. He is credited as the first doctor in Britain to administer pain-relieving drugs by the subcutaneous route.

John Willet received his medical degree from the University of St Andrews on 5 May 1840. He resided at Fiddington House near Devizes, Wiltshire, a private asylum established in 1834 and regarded as one of the best in the country. Willet was admitted a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on 3 November 1840. He died on 26 August 1848 aged twenty-nine.