The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1867-11-02
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
OF
Medicine and surgery.

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THE Philadelphia University of Medicine and
l. Surgery was organized in 1848. Chartered
by the Legislature, February 26, 1858. Name
| tic Medical College of Philadelphia in 1860 In
| 1868 it purchased the Pennsylvania Medical Col
lege, established in 1912, and the Philadelphia
Medical College, which had previously been
| merged into the Pennsylvania Medical College.
In 1864 it purchased the Penn Medical Uniyer-
sity. The Trustees of the separate schools uni
ted, petftioned, and obtained special act of the
Legislature, consolidating 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
statutes of Pennsylvania The cost of the build
ing and museum was over one hundred Thousand
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 to no
dogma, nor attached to any medical clique but
embraces in it's teachings everything Of value
to the profession. +
Sessions.-lt has two full sessions each year.
commencing on the LIST of October, and continu-
| ing until the LIST of January as it's first session.
and from the Ist of January to the lst of April
as its second; the two constituting one full course
OF lectures. 1t has also summer session, COM
mencing the 1st of April and continuing until
August, for the preparatory branches, such as
Latin. Greek, Mathematics, Botany, Zoology,
Chemistry, Anatomy, Physiology, etc. : =
Tickets.-Tickets to the full course of lectures
Sl2O, Or $50 for each session. For the summer or
preparatory course $25. Graduating fee $50. To
aid young men Of moderate means, the University
has issued flee hundred scholarships, which are
sold to frst-course students for SIS, and to Sec
ond-course students and elergymen for $50.
each constituting the holder life member,
with the perpetual privileges of the lectures,
and all the teachings of the school The only
additional fees are a yearly dissecting and ma
circulating ticket, each of which is S5. 7@ 2 d
The Advantages Of Scholarship ips.--The student
holding scholarship can enter the College at
any time during the year, attend as long as he
chooses, and re-entsr the institution as fre-
quently as desired. r. E
1t requires no previous reading or study to en-
ter the University on scholarships hence, all
private tuition fees are saved. z=5
Students, by holding scholarships, can prose
cute other business part of the Time vs. -a7'a7
The candidate for graduation can present him.
self at any time, and receive his degree as soon
as qualified. 5.ss q ss,s s-se,zs :. + ss54E
In ease student should hold scbolarab;,
and not be able to attend lectures it can be trans
ferred to another, thus preventing any loss Z |
PARENTS, guardians, or friends of students |
wishing to purchase scholarships for them wear
or more before their attendance at the Univer-
sity, can secure them by advancing one-half the
price, and paying the balance when the student |
enters. Physicians and benevolent men can he |
stow great benefit upon poor young men, by pre-
ssenslng them scholarship, and thus enabling !
them TO obtain an honorable profession.
Ehe Faculty embraces seventeen eminent phy- |
siclans and surgeons. The University has asso-
eiated with it large hospital clinic where every
form OF medical and surgical disease is operated
Oh a ana treated in the presence Of the class
ID in Ninth street south of Walnut, is the finest
IN the city. It's front is collegiate gothic, and is
adorned with embattlements and embrasures, |
presenting novel. bold and beautiful appear
~ two towers, rising to the elevation Of eighty |
eet, and crowned with an embattIed raranef |