The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-07-04
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
MEDICINE AND Supcn

M Ell I'm AND SURGERY
THE PHILADELPHIA UNIyERs1Tu
II II Meolelne ana surgery was organized in ,V OF
Chartered by the Legislature, Februarru e a IISS.
Name changed by Legislative enartn,so, ~ 1888.
Eclectic Medical College of PhiadeInh;n u! 10 The
In 1868 it purchased the Pennsylyapin NJ ,n ictO
College, established in 1912, and the MStGical
Medical College which had previously Iivei El
mergea INTO the pennsylvania Medical GonOsneaa
In 1864 it purchased the Penn Medical I'LL IGncge
ty. The Trustees of the separate schools Snv !s
petitioned and obtained special art NJ 3t unIted
! islaturc, consolidating these ipstitnt;onee lcs
changing their names to that of the Phiod, ana
University Of Medicine and Surgery. Ma usiP4 I
1860. All these various acts are pu6Iishad IN 10
statutes OF Pennsylvania. The cost of tLe iiIH e
ing and museum was over one hundred tIo" "uIIu,
dollars. 1t will be observed that the Jrnira.:lu
as now organized, is the legal rppresrntotirh!,
the four medical colleges that it has atsorhsS
1t is liberal school Of medicine, confined ~
dogma, nor attached to any medical clionc h m1
embraces in its teachings everything of yalne to
the profession.
SesSions.-It has two full sessions each roo,
commencing on the LIST of October, and continn''
ing until the LIST of January as its first session
and from the LIST of January to the LIST of April a.
its second; the two constituting one full conrSs
OF lectures. 1t has also a summer session com
mencing the first of April and continuing until
August, for the preparatory branches, such AZ
Latin, Greek, Mathematics, Botany, ZoolovT
Chemistry, Anatomy, Physiology, etc GU
Tickets.-Tickets to the fun course of lectures
S12O, or $50 for each session. For the summer
or preparatory course S25. Graduating fee SEQ
To aid you'tg men Of moderate means, the Uniye
slty has issued fVe hundred scholarships, which
are sold to first-course students, for SIS, and
second-course students, and clergymen for SO
each constituting the holder of a life membr
with the perpetual privileges of the lectures, and
all the teachings of the school. The only add
tional fees are yearly dissecting and matricula.
tinp of each NJ wi iS
THE advantages Of SchOlarship.-The student
holding scholarship can enter the College at
any time during the year, attend as long as he
chooses and re enter the institution as frequent
ly as desired.
1t requires no previous reading or study TO en-
ter the University scholarships, hence all pri-
waite tuition fees are saved.
Students, by holding scholarships, can prose
cute other business part OF the time.
The candidate for graduation can present HIM
self at any time, and receive his degree as soon
as qualified.
In case a student should hold scholarship
and not be able to attend lectures, it can be
transferred to another, thus preventing any loss.
Parents, guardians, or friends of students wish
ing to purchase scholarships for them year or
more before attendance ct the University, Can
secure them by advancing onc-half the price,
paying the balance when the student enters
Physicians and benevolent men can bcstow great
benefit upon poor young men, by presenting
them a scholarship, and thus enabling them to
obtain an honorable profession.
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent ply
scans 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 BUILDING.-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 embellishments and embra-
sures, presenting novel, bold, and beautiful ap-
pearance. The facade is Of brown stone, orna:
mented by two towers, rising to the elevation of
eighty feet, and crowned with an embattled par
apet. The building contains between fifty and
sixty rooms, all supplied with water, gas, and
every other convenience that modern improve
ment can contribute to facilitate medical instruc
ton. Only five hundred scholarships will be is
sued, 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, ora
draft or check sent on any National bank in the
United States, when the scholarship will be re-
turned by mail, signed by the President of the
Board of Trustees, Jos. S. Fisher, Esq., and the
Dean of the Faculty, w. Paine, NJ. D. All Or
ders for scholarships or other business of the
University, should be addressed to Professor w.
Paine, M. D., Philadelphia, Pa.