Edward Milligan lived from 1784 to 1833. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh from 1812 to 1815, qualifying MD in 1815 and publishing his dissertation 'Dissertatio medica inauguralis, de hernia'. He became a member of the Royal Medical Society in 1818 and was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1824. Milligan served on the committee of the Medical Provident Institution of Scotland from 1825 to 1833. He later became a lecturer in medical science and is known for his translation of Francois Magendie's 'An Elementary Compendium of Physiology for the Use of Students', published in 1831.

John Macwhirter was born in 1783. In 1803 he worked in Calcutta as an assistant surgeon in the Indian Medical Service. He received his MD from the University of St Andrews on 6 January 1816 and subsequently returned to Scotland to establish a medical practice in Edinburgh. On 2 November 1824 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. Macwhirter was also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and served as President of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh in 1827. He was President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh from 1831 to 1833. He died on 13 December 1854 at 4 Ainslie Place, Edinburgh.

Thomas Shortt was born on 17 June 1788 near Dumfries, the son of Francis Shortt of Courance and White Laird. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh from 1804 to 1805 and joined the Royal Army Medical Corps at the age of eighteen, serving in Egypt and the Mediterranean before being appointed Physician to the Forces. In 1815 he returned to Edinburgh, graduated MD and established his practice. In 1819 he was appointed Physician Extraordinary to the King in Scotland and in 1820 became Principal Medical Officer on St Helena, where he attended Napoleon, was present at the post-mortem and authored the autopsy report. After returning to Edinburgh in 1821, Shortt became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1822. In 1828 he was appointed physician to the Royal Infirmary and lecturer in medicine at the University of Edinburgh.

James Wood lived from 1785 to 1865. He obtained his MD from the University of Edinburgh on 12 September 1809 and practised medicine in Dundee, Cupar and, from 1821, at Royal Circus in Edinburgh's New Town.

Alexander Boyle was born in Aberdeen in 1771. He received his MD from Marischal College, Aberdeen, on 28 August 1812. Boyle joined the British Army and was stationed in Saint John, New Brunswick, from 1817 to 1822. In 1818 he married Cornelia Jane Boyd and helped establish the Provincial Vaccine Establishment in Saint John. After leaving the army in 1822, Boyle was appointed medical officer at the Kent Marine Hospital. In 1825 he returned briefly to Scotland and was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh before resuming practice in Saint John, where he died in 1854.

John Murray was born in 1798. He studied medicine at Aberdeen and graduated MD on 5 February 1825, having been apprenticed to surgeon John Aitkin of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Murray was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on 2 August 1825 and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in November 1826. He later settled in Melbourne, Australia, and died on 4 June 1873.

Richard Poole, who was born in Edinburgh, obtained his MD from the University of St Andrews in 1805 and established a private medical practice in the city. He was closely involved in the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, serving as councillor and honorary librarian. Poole became physician to the Royal Public Dispensary and developed a particular interest in mental illness. This led to his appointment as medical superintendent of the Royal Lunatic Asylum at Montrose, a post he held until 1845. He later purchased Middlefield House, a private asylum near Aberdeen, which he managed until shortly before his death. Poole was also first editor of the Phrenological Journal.
 

Robert Grant was born in Edinburgh in 1793. He studied classics before turning to medicine at the University of Edinburgh, where he became President of the Medico-Chirurgical Society in 1812 and graduated MD in 1814. Grant undertook further study on the continent before returning to Scotland in 1820 to practise as a physician. He later devoted himself to biology, publishing extensively on corals and sponges. In 1827 he was appointed Professor of Zoology at London University, a position he held until 1874, and served as dean from 1847 to 1849. Grant was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1836 and died in London in 1874.

Richard Hawley studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh from 1803 to 1806 and qualified MD in 1807, publishing his dissertation 'Dissertatio physiologica inauguralis de fonte caloris animalium pulmonibus instructorum'. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1827. Hawley published a range of medical texts and was an extraordinary member of the Royal Medical Society.

James Mellis was born on 16 November 1781. He obtained an MA from Marischal College, Aberdeen, in 1799, became a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1802 and attained his MD in 1806. From 1804 to 1805 he served as surgeon on HMS Fame before joining the Bengal Army in 1806. Mellis rose to Surgeon in 1818 and Superintending Surgeon in 1837. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1827 and a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1844. He retired in 1844 to London, where he died on 17 March 1846.