John Davie Morries began studying at the University of Edinburgh in 1825 and became an apprentice at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1826. He graduated MD from the University of Edinburgh in 1831. In 1834 he co-published 'Hortus Medicus' with George Graves. Morries was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1834 and was a member of several learned societies including the Medico-Chirurgical Society, the Royal Medical Society, the Plinian Society and the Edinburgh Phrenological Society.

Robert Spittal was born in 1804. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh from 1824 to 1825 and was apprenticed in 1826 to Dr Liston of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He received his MD from Giessen on 11 March 1832 and was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on 6 May 1834. Spittal held posts including physician's assistant, physician to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, physician to the Royal Public Dispensary and Physician Extraordinary to the Queen in Scotland. He published numerous papers and the book 'A Treatise on Auscultation Illustrated by Cases and Dissections' in 1830. Spittal served as President of the Plinian Society and the Edinburgh Hunterian Medical Society and died in Edinburgh on 7 April 1852 at the age of forty-eight.

James Burnes was born on 12 February 1801 to James and Elizabeth Burnes. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh from 1817 to 1818 and also in London. In 1821 he joined the Indian Medical Service and moved to Bombay. He received his MD from the University of St Andrews in 1824. In 1830 he published 'Narrative of a Visit to the Court of the Sinde', describing his encounters with the amirs of Sind. Burnes married Sophia Holmes in 1829 and they had nine children. He returned to the UK in 1834, became a Fellow of the College and was awarded an LLD by the University of Glasgow. In 1837 William IV appointed him Knight of the Royal Guelphic Order. Burnes returned to India and practised until illness forced his retirement in 1849. He died in London on 19 September 1862.

Charles Ransford lived from about 1808 to 1886. He qualified MD on 12 July 1833. His publications include 'Dissertatio anatomica physiologica inauguralis de cerebello' (1833) and 'Reasons for Embracing Homeopathy' (1851). Ransford was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1835 and served as an Examiner for the College. He was also a Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons, Medical Officer to the Royal and Western Dispensaries, Secretary of the Anatomical and Obstetrical Societies, Member of the Medico-Chirurgical Society, Extraordinary Member and later President of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh, President of the Royal Medical Society and Physician to the York Homeopathic Dispensary.

Ralph Richardson was born in Cheshire and lived from about 1812 to 1898. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and graduated MD in 1834, becoming a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1835. He also studied for an MA at Trinity College Dublin. In 1839 Richardson travelled to New Zealand for several years due to his wife's poor health. The family later returned to the UK and settled in Devon. In 1873 he published 'The Simplicity of Life: an Introductory Chapter' and republished it with revisions in 1879 as 'The Nature of Life: an Introductory Chapter'.

Archibald Robertson was born in 1789. He studied medicine in Edinburgh and later worked at the Mill Prison Hospital for French prisoners at Plymouth. He served in the navy in the Baltic, West Indies and near New Orleans. Robertson received his MD from Edinburgh in 1817 and established medical practice in Northampton. From 1820 he served as Physician to Northampton Infirmary and in 1836 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. He died in Bristol in 1864.

Thomas Burnaford Harness was born in Devon in 1802. He became a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1822 and obtained his MD from the University of St Andrews in 1835. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in the same year. Harness registered a private practice in Tavistock in 1859 and died in 1885.

William MacDonald was born on 21 April 1797. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh from 1816 to 1817 and received his MD there in 1818. After practising briefly as a physician in Edinburgh, his interests shifted to zoology. From 1849 he was Professor of Civil and Natural History at the University of St Andrews. MacDonald was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh on 1 May 1820 and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on 2 February 1836. He was also a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. He died on 1 January 1875.

Samuel Hobart received his MD from Erlangen in 1835. He became a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1827, a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1836 and a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland in 1844. He registered a private practice in Cork in 1858 and served as Surgeon to the House of Industry and Lunatic Asylum in Cork.

John Tilstone obtained his MD from the University of Heidelberg in 1835 and was elected a Fellow of the College in 1836.