The collection contains correspondence, curriculum vitae, a poem written by his wife, Elizabeth Turnor, a record of medical examinations for the Coroner's Court of Montreal, 1894 and lectures notes. The greater part of the notes consists of embryology notes made at the Anatomisches Institut, Munich, around 1900.

The fonds documents Dr. McNally's work in otolaryngology and his lecture notes by Harold S. Dolan, M.D., Dalhousie, 1923.

Papers consist of personal correspondence, including substantial family correspondence, diaries, journals, engagement books, ledgers, menus, manuscript poems, galley proofs, lecture notes, scrapbooks, and photographs. It includes correspondence, 1874-1935; a diary of Drummond's trip to Great Britain, 1902; dinner menus, 1902-1903; engagement books, 1902-1906; galley proofs, 1905-1911; Journal of Impressions kept at Savanna la Mar, Jamaica, Windsor and Montreal, 1903-1911; lecture notes taken at McGill, 1878-1882; ledgers containing financial entries and patients' accounts during Drummond's practice in Knowlton and Montreal, 1885-1889; notebooks containing manuscripts poems, drafts and clippings, 1894-1909; scrapbooks related to literary topics, including clippings about Drummond's public readings, and book reviews, 1854-1907 and scrapbooks related to Drummond's dogs, 1890-1907. There are also some papers of Mrs. W.H. Drummond, including a typescript of her Life of W.H. Drummond; and diaries recording her trips to United States and Canada, 1892, 1903.

Fonds shows T.F. Cotton's activities as a student at McGill University, 1903-1909. The fonds contains 24 bound notebooks with lectures notes taken by Cotton, 1903-1909, for courses in Medicine, Political Science, History, French Literature, English Composition and Literature. There is also a case book containing electrocardiograms and a volume of ophthalmology lecture notes bearing the name George C. Hale.

The fonds documents Edward P. Hurd's activities as a medical student at McGill, 1861-1867. The fonds contains lecture notes, notebooks and certificates.

The fonds contains fourteen notebooks kept by the Poisson family during their studies in medicine. The notebooks contain lecture notes and class notes on various topics in medicine taught by prominent professors such as, Jean Étienne and L. Landry, L. Simard, F.A.H. Larue, and J. Sewell.

Fonds contains G.E. Tremble's notes on the anatomy of the ear from lectures by Professor Ruttin at the University of Edinburgh in 1924, a letter from Dr. Wilder Penfield and a photograph of a case of 1935. The fonds includes a notebook, a letter and a photograph.

Fonds shows Dr. D. Sclater Lewis' medical and medical-historical activities, from 1904 until his death. The fonds contains correspondence, lecture notes and notes for addresses and published papers.

The fonds consists of John Rowand's manuscript notebooks of lectures in medicine at the University of Edinburgh, 1780-1782. The material is divided into 4 folders: 1. Dr. Alexander Monro on surgery; 2. Dr. Andrew Duncan on the Practice of medicine; 3. Dr. William Irvine's chemical lectures vol. 1; 4. Dr. William Irvine's chemical lectures vol. 2.

Fonds contains John Symonds' student notebook volume 3 of Dr. John Rutherford's clinical lectures for the year 1753 at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. It was transcribed by Symonds in 1762.