Ralph Fawsett Ainsworth was born in 1811, the son of surgeon James Ainsworth, and educated at Manchester Grammar School. He began medical studies in 1828, training in Manchester, London and Berlin, where he obtained his MD. After travelling in Europe, he returned to the UK and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1837 and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1839. Ainsworth was also a Fellow of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society and held numerous appointments in Manchester, including consulting physician to the Royal Infirmary Fever Wards, the Union Workhouse, the Lunatic Hospital at Cheadle, the Lunatic Asylum at Blackley, and the Salford and Pendleton Royal Hospital and Dispensary. He also lectured on medicine at the Pine Street School.

James Stark was born in 1811, the son of John Stark, an Edinburgh printer. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and received his MD on 12 July 1833 before opening a general practice in the city. Stark developed a strong interest in vital statistics and published widely, including 'Vital Statistics of Scotland' in 1851 and reports on mortality in Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven. In 1855 he was appointed the first Superintendent of Statistics to the General Register Office for Scotland and authored the annual reports from 1855 to 1870. Due to ill health, he resigned in 1874 and retired to Bridge of Allan, where he died on 2 July 1890.

Thomas Radford was born in Salford in 1793. He began as a surgeon's apprentice before studying medicine at Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals. In 1818 he was appointed surgeon to the Manchester and Salford Lying-in Hospital and rose to senior posts there. Radford received his MD from Heidelberg in 1839, taught midwifery privately, published extensively on the subject and invented two types of obstetric forceps. He died in Manchester in 1881.

Keith Imray studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh from 1823 to 1824 and became a Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1826. He received his MD from Pisa on 28 June 1836 and later practised medicine in Dominica. Imray became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1840. In 1842 he published 'The Cyclopaedia of Popular Medicine: Intended for Domestic Use', later revised for an American audience as 'A Popular Cyclopaedia of Modern Domestic Medicine' in 1849.

James Andrew was born in 1811 at the East India Company Military Seminary in Addiscombe, Surrey, the son of the Reverend James Andrew. He studied at the University of Edinburgh and later at the University of Cambridge, where he received his MD on 2 July 1839. Andrew became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on 5 May 1840 and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh on 6 January 1845. He practised in Edinburgh and served as medical officer to the Royal Public Dispensary and New Town Dispensary, as well as ordinary physician to the Royal Infirmary from 1846 to 1856. He died on 1 December 1859 aged forty-eight.

Robert Bowes Malcolm was born in 1808, the son of Major John Malcolm of the East India Company. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh from 1826, became a member of the Royal Medical Society in 1828 and graduated MD on 12 July 1831. Malcolm became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on 4 August 1840. He practised in Edinburgh as an obstetrician and physician and served as physician to Fettes College. Malcolm was a founding member of the Edinburgh Obstetrical Society and President of the Harveian Society from 1856 to 1857. In 1856 he published 'On the Rise of the Edinburgh School of Midwifery'. He died aged eighty-six, seven years after retiring from practice.

George Lund was born in 1809 and graduated MD from the University of Edinburgh on 1 August 1837. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on 4 August 1840 and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London in 1860. Lund practised medicine in Madeira until about 1863, then in Lee, Kent, travelled abroad in 1865, practised in Richmond from 1866 to 1867 and finally in Denmark Hill, London, from 1867 to 1868.

Evan Philip Cameron was awarded his MD from the University of Edinburgh in 1833 and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1840.

Thomas Richardson Colledge received his MD from King's College, Aberdeen, in 1839. He worked as a surgeon and missionary in China, founded the first infirmary for poor Chinese known as Colledge's Ophthalmic Hospital, and established the Medical Missionary Society in China in 1837. Colledge died in Cheltenham in 1879.

John Spens graduated MD from the University of Edinburgh in 1835 and became a Member of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on 7 February 1837.