The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1867-07-18
PHlLADEI PHIA UNIVERSITY
MEDICINE & SURGERY.

MEDICINE & SURGERY.
v1>uE PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY OF
j MEDICINE AND SURGERY was organ
lied in l84s. Chartered by the Legislature,
February &c, 1868. Name changed BY
legislative enactment TO the Eclectic Medical
College, of Philadelphia, in 1860. In 1868
it purchased the Pennsylvania Medical C2Ea
lcge established in 1872, and the Philadelphia
Medical College, which had previously been
merged into the Pennsylvania Medical Col
lege In 1864 it purchased the Fem. Medi-
cal University. The Trustees o:the separate,
schools united, petitioned, and obtaiHef q
these Institutions and changing their names
to that of the Philadelphia University of
Medicine and Surgery, March Is, 1865. All
these various Acts are published in the stat
utes of Pennsylvania. The cost of the build
ing and museum was over one hundred thous-
and dollars. 1t will be observed that the
University, as now organized, is the legal
representative of the four Medical Colleges
that it has absorbed. 1t is liberal school
of medicine, confined 20 no dogmas, nor at
tached to any medical clique; but embraces in
its teachings everything Of value to the pro-
fcssion.
Sessions.-It has two full sessions each year,
commencing on the 1st of October, and con-
tinuing until the 1st of January as its first
session. and from the 1st of January to tho
1st of April rs its second; the two constituting
one full course of lectures. 1t has also
summer session, commencing the 1st of April
and continuing until August, for the pre-
paratory branches. such as Latin, Greek.
~ ,,sk,
| Anatomy, Physiology, etc. ..gi - ~:
Tckets-Tickets to the full course of lee
lures S120, OF $40 for each session. For the
uating fee $50. To aid young men Of modtr:-
dred scholarships, which are sold to first-course
students, for S75, and to sccond-course stu
dents and clergymcn for $50, each constitu-
ting the holder life member, with the per-
petual privileges Of the lectures, and all the
teachings of the school. The only additional
fees arc yearly dissection and matriculatins
ticket, each Of which is $5.!, =. >,..1,. = :,
The -1drantages Of Scholarships.-The tstu-
dent holding scholarship can enter the Col
lege at any time during the year, attend -
long as he chooses, and re-enter the institu-
tion as frequently as desired. - '..'.'
1t requires no previous reading or study TO
enter the University on scholarships, hence,
all private tuition fees are saved 80. -
Students, by holding scholarships can
prosecute other business part Of the time.
The candidate for graduation can present
himself at any time, and receive hisdegrecs
as soon as qualified, =..,g u.
In case a student should hold q scholar
ship and not be able to attend lectures, il can
be transferred to another, thus preventing
any loss.
Parents, guardians, or friends Of students
wishing to purchase scholarhip for them year
or more before their attendance Mt the Uniyer-
sity, can secure them by advancing one-hnlf
the price, and paying the balance when the
student enters, Physicians and. benevolent
men con bcstow great benefit upon poor
young men, by presenting theM scholar.
ship, and thus enabling them to obtain an
honorable profession.
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent
| physicians and surgeons. The University
has associated with it q large hospital clinic,
, where every form of medical and surgical dis
case is operated on and treated in presence
of the class. . .''' .>'A ~
COLLEGE BUILDISG:-The College building,
located in Ninth-strcet, South of Walnut, is
the finest in the city, It's front is collegiate
gothic, and is adorned with embellishments
and embrasures, presenting novel, bold.
and beautiful appearance. The facade is OF
brown stone, ornamented by two towers, RI
singto the elevation ofeighty feet, and crown-
ed with an embattled parapet. The building
contains between fifty and sixty rooms,jall
supplied with water, gus, and every other
convenience that mo1crn Improvement can
contribute to facilitate medical instruction.
Only five hundred scholarships will be issued,
and as two hundred and fifty are now sold,
those who wish to secure one should do so at
once. Money can be- renlitted by express.
or draft or check sent on any National Bank
in the United States, when the scholarship
will be returned by mail, signed By tho
President Of Board of Tpasaea, L1sRPH
S. FISHER, Esq. and the Dean of tue Fae=
ulty, W. PAINE, NJ. D. All orders for aphalaF=
ships or other business Of the University,
should be addressed to Professor W. PAINE,
NJ. D., Philadelphia, Pa. ~ =.