Sir John Rose Cormack was born in 1815 in Midlothian. He matriculated at the University of Edinburgh in 1829, initially studying arts before turning to medicine and receiving his MD in 1837. After further study in Paris, he returned to Edinburgh and was appointed physician to several institutions including the Royal Public Dispensary and the Royal Infirmary. In 1845 he moved to London and later, in 1869, to Paris, where he served as a military surgeon during the Franco-Prussian War. Cormack was knighted in 1872 and died in Paris in 1882.

George Hull received his medical degree from the University of St Andrews on 6 June 1825. He served as physician to the Montrose Infirmary, Lunatic Asylum and Dispensary before moving in 1851 to Tonbridge, Kent, and later to Kensington. Hull was admitted a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on 2 February 1841 and had earlier become a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1814. He and his wife Susanna had twin daughters, Susanna-Elizabeth and Agnes.

Henry Hawkins received his medical degree from the University of Erlangen on 16 March 1838. He served as surgeon to the London Infant and Orphan Asylums and consulting surgeon to the Female Maritime Refuge, and acted as physician to the Gravesend and Milton Dispensary. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on 3 August 1841.

Henry Lonsdale was born in Carlisle in 1816. He studied medicine in Paris and London before graduating MD at the University of Edinburgh in 1838. He worked briefly in Cumberland before returning to Edinburgh in 1840 to assist Robert Knox with anatomy lectures. Lonsdale was appointed physician to the Royal Public Dispensary in 1841 and later physician to the Cumberland Infirmary in 1846. He died in 1876.

John Hughes Bennett was born in London and educated in Exeter. He began studying medicine in Edinburgh in 1833 and obtained his MD with a gold medal in 1837. A leading member of the Royal Medical Society, he regarded it as central to medical education in Scotland. After graduation he studied in Paris and founded the Parisian Medical Society.

Donald Macfarlane received his medical degree from the University of Edinburgh on 1 August 1836. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on 1 November 1842.

John Ward Dowsley obtained his MD from the University of St Andrews in 1826 and also held a diploma from the College of Surgeons, London. At his admission to Fellowship in 1838 he was Physician to the Hospital at Clonmel. By 1858 he had a registered practice in Tipperary and was a member of the Kilkenny and South East of Ireland Archaeological Society. He died in 1872.

John Miller studied at the University of Edinburgh from 1803 to 1804 and graduated MD in 1805. His dissertation 'Disputatio medica inauguralis, de lacte humano' was published in 1805. He joined the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1807 and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on 5 February 1839.

Andrew Henderson studied medicine from 1821 to 1822 and received his MD from the University of Edinburgh in 1823. His dissertation, 'Dissertatio medica inauguralis, quaedam de vulneribus navalibus in praelio acceptis, complectens', was published the same year. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on 5 February 1839.

John Stevenson Bushnan was born in London in 1807. He studied medicine in Edinburgh before establishing practice in Dumfries. In 1836 he received his MD from Heidelberg and later practised in Somerset before moving to London, where he became editor of the Medical Times and Gazette. In 1852 he was appointed senior physician at the Metropolitan Free Hospital, a post he held for one year. After several relocations he settled in Southampton in 1882. Bushnan died in London in 1884.