John Yule was born in 1762 near Dirleton, in Haddingtonshire. He studied medicine in Edinburgh gaining his MD in 1785. His dissertation was entitled 'Dissertation medica, inauguralis, de halitu cuticulari ... / Eruditorum examini subjicit'. After graduation he moved to Sheffield where he worked as a physician before returning to Edinburgh. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1791. He had a keen interest in botany and among his membership were the Caledonian Horticultural Society and the Harveian Society. In 1818 he published 'Observations on the cure and prevention of the contagious fever now prevalent in the City of Edinburgh and its environs' regarding the typhus epidemic. Among his relatives were the orientalist Henry Yule and his great-nephew, the statistician George Udny Yule. Yule died at home, in York Place, Edinburgh in 1827.

Joseph Fox was born in 1758 in Falmouth, the son of Joseph Fox (the elder) and Elizabeth Hingston. He trained and worked as an apothecary in Falmouth for a number of years. Wanting to try his fortunes as a doctor, he went to Edinburgh to study medicine. He studied in Edinburgh between 1776 and 1778. In February 1783 he was named a doctor of medicine by the University of St Andrews. Fox settled in London and in 1788 he became a licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of London. Soon after that, he was elected physician to St Thomas's Hospital. In March 1792 he was admitted a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. In 1800 he resigned his post and left London. He retired first to Falmouth and then to Plymouth. He died in 1832.

James McDonnell was born near Cushendall in Northern Ireland in 1763. In 1780, McDonnell studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh. His dissertation, 'Dissertatio de submersis', published in 1784, dealt with ways of resuscitation. After graduation, he returned to Belfast and lived in 13 Donegall Place for the rest of his life. He co-founded in 1797 the Belfast Dispensary and Fever Hospital, and was the forerunner of the Royal Victoria Hospital and where he remained as an attending physician until 1837. Among his achievements were the rescue of the Belfast Medical Society (now Ulster Medical Society), the founding of the Belfast Reading Society (now the Linen Hall Library) and the Belfast Literary Society. He died in 1845.

James Hamilton was the son of Professor Alexander Hamilton (1739-1802) the fourth incumbent of the chair of midwifery at the University of Edinburgh, and the grandson of a retired army surgeon who had practised in Kincardineshire, Scotland. He is referred to as 'the younger' to avoid confusion with the earlier Edinburgh physician James Hamilton the elder (1749-1835). He became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1788 and four years later he became a Member of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. For the next 12 years he assisted his father then succeeded him in 1800.

Andrew Young studied in Edinburgh but received his MD from Aberdeen on surgical medicine. He practised medicine at Newcastle. On the same day of his graduation, 22 June 1793, a petition requesting admittance as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh was submitted.

James Makittrick Adair was the son of James Makittrick who took the name Adair in 1783 and became known as James Makittrick Adair (1728-1801). His father was a well-known physician in the UK and continental Europe and his medical writings were translated and consulted frequently. Adair travelled to the Caribbean, relocating to Antigua before returning to the UK. Adair studied medicine in Edinburgh, graduating in 1789 and was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1793. He was friends with the poet Robert Burns having been introduced by Dr George Lawrie. Adair accompanied Burns on his tour of Stirlingshire in 1787 during which he met his future wife, Charlotte Hamilton (1763-1806) and they were married on 11 November 1789. Adair died in Harrogate in 1802 and he was buried in the same grave as his father. In 1790, Adair wrote an anti-abolition pamphlet, arguing that the slave trade, as a paternalist system, was good for enslaved people.
 

Angus McDonald was from Moffat, the son of Angus M'Donald and Catherine Johnston. He was baptised on 29 June 1751. He was a medical student in the University of Edinburgh between 1771 and 1772 but was awarded MD on 10 January 1789 from the University of St Andrews. His exam was signed by Prof. Alexander Monro, who was a Professor of Medicine, Anatomy and Surgery at the University of Edinburgh. McDonald was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1794. McDonald initially practised medicine at Moffat and then from 1792 onwards at Taunton for more than thirty three years. After his retirement, he continued to reside at Taunton. He died on 2 September 1825 and his obituary was published in The Gentleman's Magazine.

Alexander Philip Wilson was born in Scotland in 1770. He received his MD from the University of Edinburgh in 1792. Wilson practised medicine in Edinburgh and gave lectures on a range of medical subjects. Following this, he moved to Worcester where he was appointed physician to the Worcester General Infirmary in 1802. In 1817, Wilson moved to London and established a private practice. He then left Britain, apparently as a result of debt, and moved to Boulogne, France. Wilson wrote widely, particularly on the subject of fever. The date and location of his death are unknown.

James Buchan was born circa 1769 in Edinburgh. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, graduating in 1792, at which time he became an apprentice to the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. During his studies he was a Member of the Royal Medical Society at the University of Edinburgh. From 1800 to 1819 Buchan worked as a physician in Edinburgh as well as in the armed forces. He also served as Inspector General of Army Hospitals, serving actively in Egypt and the Peninsula before returning and retiring in Edinburgh. During his life he also served as governor of the Orphan Hospital and George Heriot's Hospital (now George Heriot's School) in Edinburgh. He was also the President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh from 1819 to 1822 and attended George IV's landing at the port of Leith on 15 August 1822. Buchan died on 12 February 1834 at his place of residence, 9 Picardy Place, Edinburgh.

James Gasking was born in 1756. He trained as a surgeon and began his career in Plymouth. After a few years, and wanting to qualify as a physician, Gasking studied in Leiden, gaining his MD on 10 June 1789 before returning to Plymouth to practise medicine. In his pursuit of professional development, Gasking studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh in 1795 and was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1796. He continued practising medicine in Plymouth until his death in November 1817. He was buried in St Andrew's Church, Plymouth.