The Opelousas courier., 1867-12-07
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
OF
Medicine and Surgery.

FE,HE Philadelphia University of Medicine and
IL Surgery was organized i'll 1913. Chartered
| by the Legislature, February 3d. lS33. Name
changed bya legislative enactment to the Eclec-
| tic Medical College of Philadelphia in 1860. In
| 1868 it purchased the PENNSYLVANIA Medical Col
lege established i'll 1912, and the Phladelphia
Medical College, which had previously been
merged into the Pennsylvania Medical College.
In 1864 it purchased the Penn Medical Univer
sity. The Trustees of the separate schools uni
ted. pctitioued, aud obtained special act Of the
Legislature consolidating these institutions aud
changing their names to that OF the Philadelphia
University of Medicine and Surgery, March ID,
1860 All these various acts are published i'll the
statutes of Pennsylvania. The cost of the build
lng 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 its teachings everything of value
to the profession.
iSessions-It has two full sessions each year,
commencing ON the Isl. of October, and continu-
ing until the lst of January as its first session,
and from the lst of January to the lst of April
rs its second; the two constituting one full course
of lectures. 1t has also Il summer session. COM
mencing the lst of April and continuing until
August, for the preparatory branches, such as
Latin, Greek, Mathematics, Botany, Zoology,
Chemistry, Anatomy, Physiology, etc.
Ifchets.-Tickcts to the full course of lectures
preparatory course SO. Graduating fee $50. To
aid yo,sng of moderate means. the University
has issued fec hundred scholarships. which are
sold to tirst-eourse students for S15, and to see
ond-course students and clergymen for $50,
each constituting the holder Il life membcr,
with the perpetual privileges of the lectures,
and all the teachings of the school The only
additional fees are IL yearly dissecting and ma
circulating ticket, each of which is So
The advantages Of Scholarships ips-The student
holding Il scholarship can enter the College at
any time during the year, attend aS hong as he
chooses, and re-cnt9r the institution as fire.
quealy as desired
1t requires previous reading or study to en-
ter the University on Scholarships hence, all
private tuition fees saved.
Students. by holding scholarships, can prose
cute other business part of the time.
The candidate for graduation can present HIM
self ut any time, and receive his degree as soon
qualified.
In case IA student should hold scholarship
and not be able to attend lectures it can be trans
ferred to another, thus preventing any loss.
Parents, guardians, friends OF students
wishing to purchase scholarships for them year
Or more before their attendance at the Univer-
sity, can secure them by advancing one-halt the
price, and paying the balance when the student
enters. Physicians and benevolent men can be-
stow great benefit upon poor young men. by pre-
senting them d scholarship, aud thus enabling
them to obtain an honorable profession.
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent ply
scians and surgeons. The University has asso-
ciated with it large hospital clinic, where every
form of medical and surgical disease is operated
on and treated in the presence OF the class.
College Baiding.-The College building, locat-
ed 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
ance. The facade is of brown stone. ornamented
by two towers, rising to the elevation of eighty
feet, aud crowned with an eInbattled parapet.
rooms, all supplied with water gas. and every
other convenience that modern Improvement can
contribute to facilitate medical instruction. On
ly 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 remitted by express, draft check
sent on any National bank i'll the United States,
when the scholarship will be returned by mail,
signed by the President of the Board of Trustees
Jos S. Fisher Esq, and the Dean of the Faculty
w. Paine, NJ. ID. All orders for scholarships or
other business of the University should be ad-
dressed TO PROFESSOR w PAINE M. d..
june S-52l PhiiateInhia Pa.