Mural by Mary Harris Filer, at the Montreal Neurological Institute, 2

Here are some details of Mary Harris Filer's mural at The Neuro.

The co-founder of The Neuro, Wilder Penfield, in brown suit and arm extended;
note the extensive coverings worn by surgeons to avoid infections in patients

The patient is modelled after the artist, Mary Harris Filer

                                    Both patient and nurse are images by Filer of herself

In the operating room

                                                                                 
                              Anguish and suffering depicted in Filer’s mural

Visual depiction of mental illness as a kind of demonic possession
this might refer to epilepsy (a major concern of Drs. Penfield and Cone);
epilepsy was considered a mental, moral, or spiritual illness
until the Twentieth Century
 

Dr. William Vernon Cone (1897–1959) was a pioneering American-Canadian neurosurgeon
who co-founded the Montreal Neurological Institute (The Neuro) with Wilder Penfield in 1934

Politicians who helped provide funding for The Neuro,
in centre is Maurice Duplessis, premier of Quebec, 
and to the right is Mayor Camilien Houde of Montreal;
they are shown above the image of the Royal Victoria Hospital

Mural by Mary Harris Filer, at the Montreal Neurological Institute, 1

I know of two murals at McGill University, one is by Marian Dale Scott, a prominent artist and wife of poet and law professor Frank Scott, and the other is in a conference room on the first floor of the Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital (The "Neuro") on University Street, part of the McGill University Health Care hospitals. "The Advance of Neurology" is by Mary Harris Filer and was unveiled by Quebec premier, Maurice Duplessis, on 14 November 1954. 

Mary Harris Filer

                                                 

Artist's signature at bottom of the mural

Plaque beside the mural