Series contains documentation of Bell's professional work as a physician in Montreal, including the publication, "Mortality in Montreal," a statement of deaths in the city during the month of January, 1878, as well as his student notebooks and MD thesis.

File includes published booklets of medical formulae and John Bell's manuscript prescription books.

Contains manuscript original of John Bell's McGill medical thesis, as well as photocopy.

Printed extracts from the Montreal General Hospital minutes with letters of support for John Bell's application for Attending Physician to the Montreal General Hospital in March 1878.

Tariff (minimum) of medical fees adopted by the Medico-Chirurgical Society of Montreal, October 17th, 1873

Files 27-28 were originally organized into one envelope entitled, "John Bell - Professional Correspondence, 2." These files contains correspondence as well as various notes related to his medical career, including a note recommending Bell for appointment as hospital surgeon from Dr. Donald Maclean, a professor at Michigan University in Ann Arbor; various notes supporting John Bell's application as a surgeon at the Montreal General Hospital; note from Dr. Ochterlony of LOuisville, Kentucky, to John Bell accompanying his testimonial supporting Bell's application as surgeon at the Montreal General Hospital; a note from John Gamble of Wyoming, Ohio, thanking him for his medical care; a 1866 note from W. Notman recommending against trying to enter practice in Durham, Ontario, as there are already two physicians there; lists of the sick from Montreal militia; a note about Bell's election as life governor of the Montreal Western Hospital (1875); 1863 note from Queen's University certifying that Bell passed his medical exams and will receive MD diploma when he turns 21; a 1864 certificate confirming Bell's Canadian birth; notes from Robert Bell on Geological Survey of Canada letterhead; and a note titled "God in Creation and Providence."

Files 27-28 were originally organized into one envelope entitled, "John Bell - Professional Correspondence, 2." These files contains correspondence as well as various notes related to his medical career, including a note recommending Bell for appointment as hospital surgeon from Dr. Donald Maclean, a professor at Michigan University in Ann Arbor; various notes supporting John Bell's application as a surgeon at the Montreal General Hospital; note from Dr. Ochterlony of LOuisville, Kentucky, to John Bell accompanying his testimonial supporting Bell's application as surgeon at the Montreal General Hospital; a note from John Gamble of Wyoming, Ohio, thanking him for his medical care; a 1866 note from W. Notman recommending against trying to enter practice in Durham, Ontario, as there are already two physicians there; lists of the sick from Montreal militia; a note about Bell's election as life governor of the Montreal Western Hospital (1875); 1863 note from Queen's University certifying that Bell passed his medical exams and will receive MD diploma when he turns 21; a 1864 certificate confirming Bell's Canadian birth; notes from Robert Bell on Geological Survey of Canada letterhead; and a note titled "God in Creation and Providence."