The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-22
MISCELLAN EOUS.
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
MEDICINE AND SURGERY.

n AM sUKaERY was organized in 184s. Chartered
by a Legislative enactment to tho Eclectic Medtcai Col colI
1 Penns %Y1 un,iad Ma,ics, IN no 1850; In 1888 # Purceas cd the
the Philadelphia Medical College, whish md p a1nd, y
been merged into tho Pennsylvania Medical COLLEGE r.
1854 It purchased the Penn Medical Univorsity' Tho
Trustees of the separate schools united, pctitioned and
obtained Q special Act OF the Legislature, consondatina
Philadelphia University of Medicine and surgery
March Is, 1865. All these various Acts are publ he'd Il In
and museum was over one hundred thousand dollars. Il
will BIO observed that the University. as now organized, ia
It has absorbed. 1t is a liberal school of medicine, con.
lined 70 no dogma, nor attached 10 any medical clique
profession.
SeMions.-It has two full sessions each year, commenc-
Ing ON tho LIST of October, and continuing until the LIST Of
January, as It's first session, and from the lst OF january
to the LIST OF April. as Its second; the two constituting one
commencing tho 1st April and continuing until August.
for the preparatory branches. such as Latin. Greek.
Mathemaucs, Botanys Zoology. chemistry. Anatomy
Physiology. otc.
~tckets.-Ticket to the full course of lectures $3.50. or
$50 for each session. For the summer or preparatory
course $25. Graduating fee $50. To aid young men OF
moderate means. tho University has issued Ave hundred
scholarships, which are sold to frst-course students for
S76. and to sccond-course students and clergymon for
SeO. O. oh constituting the holder q life member, with the
perpetual privileges Of the lectures, and all the teachin gs
OF the school. Tho only additional tees are o y early dis
seetins and matricIisting ticket. each OF which is s.:
TIE advantages of SchotdrShips.-The student holding a
scholarship can onter the College at any time during the
tuition as frequently as de. fred.
1t requires no previous reading or study to enter the
University on scholarships, hence, all private tuition fees
are saved.
Students. by holding scholarships. can prosecute other
The candidate for graduation can present himself al
any time, and receive his degree as soon as qualified.
In case a stuoent should hold q scholarship and not be
able to attend lectures, 1t can DO transferred 10 another,
thus preventing any loss.
Parents, guardians or friends Of students Wishing to
purchase scholarship for them o year or more before
their attendance at the University, can secure them by
advancing one.half tho price and paying the balance
when the student enters. Physicians and benevolent
men can bestow great beneht upon poor young men by
presenting them o scholarship, and thus enabling thom
to obtain an honorable profession.
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent physicians
and surgeons. The University has associated with it q
large hospital clinic. whele every form Of medical and
surgical disease is operated on aud treated in the pres
ence of the class.
COLLEGE BunDMa.-The College building, located in
Ninth street, south of Walnut. is the finest In the city.
Its 'front.' Is collegiate gothic, and is adorned with em.
batuements and enbrasures. presenting q novel, bold
and beautiful appearance. The facade is of brown stone,
ornamented by two towers, rising to the elevation Of
eighty feet, and crowned with an ombattled parapet
The building contains between fifty and sixty rooms all
supplied with water. gas, and every other convenience
that modern Improvement can contribute to facilitate
medical instruction. Only ave hundred scholarships
Will DO issued, and as two hundred and fifty are nov
sold. those who wish to secure one should do 30 at once
| Money can be remttted by express, or o draft or checl
| sent on any National Bank in the United states. wher
the scholarship viii be returned by mail. signed by thu
President OF the Board Of Trustees, JOSEPH s. FISHER
Esq, and the Dean Of the Faculty, W. PAINE, NJ. ID
All orders for scholarships or other business Of the Uni
versity, should be addressed to Professor w. PAINE, M
D., Philadelphia, Pa.