The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1867-07-12
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
OF
Medicine and Surgery.

THF Philadelphia Univerity OF Medicine and Surg.
cry WAS organized In 1913. Chartered by the Lcgisla-
ture, February 81, 1855. Name changed by a legisln.
tive enactment TO the Eclectic Medical College Of Phil
adclphia In 1880. In 1858 Il purchased the Pennsylva.
mia Medical College, established In 1872, and the Phi
ldephiA Medical College, which had previously been
merged into tho Pennsylvania Medical College, In
1884 It purchased the Penn Medical University. The
Trustees Of the separate schools united, pVtitioned,
and obtained a special act Ofthe Legislature. cunsuli.
dating theso Institutions and changing their names to
that VI 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 building and museum was over one hundred
Thousand dollars. II will be observed that the Uni.
ver,ily, as now organized, Is the legal representative
Of the four medical colleges that II has absorbed. 1t
Is u liberal school 0f medicine, confined IL no dogma,
nor attached to any medical clique but embraces in
its teachings everything Of value TO the profession.
~SESSION5.-lt has two fHll SESSIONS each year, cor .
mencing on the LIST Of October, and continuing until
the lht Of January As N hrst session, and from the st
Of January tothe LIST Of ApIil as It's seeon1; the two
constituting one full conrse Of lertures. II has also a
summer session, commencing the lst OF April and con.
tiGuiug until August, for the preparatory brancl Q
such ~ Latin. Crock, Mathematics, botany, Zoology
cmistr Anatomy, Physiology, etc.
TlCKETs.-rckcts to the full course Of lectures
Sl20, dr 500 for each session. For the snmmer or pre-
pJmtory course f'5. Giadating fee $50. To aid
Young Men ~ moderate means, the University has -
sued five hundred scholarships, which are sold to ant.
course students. for t75, and 10 seeond-eOurse students
nnd cleTgymen for $50, each constituting the holder a
life member, with tho perpetual privileges Of the lc,
lures, and all the teachings Of the school. The ouly
additional fees are a yearly dissecting aud matricula-
ting ticket. each Of which h IS.
THE ADVANTAGES OF sCHOLARsHIPS-The
student holding a scholarship can enter the College At
any time during the year, attend rs long Us be chooses,
and r'.snter the Institution A. frequently A. desired.
n requires 40 previous reading or study to enter the
University on scholarships, hence, all private tuition
fees are waved.
students, by holding scholarships, can prosecute 9th.
or business q part Of tho time.
The candidate for graduation can present himself al
anytime. aud receive his degree a. soon ~ qualified.
10 ease 4 student should hold a scholarship and not
be able 10 attend lectures, Il can BIO transferred to
another, thus preventing any loss.
Parents, guardians. or friends Of students wishing
10 purchase scholarships for them a year or more be-
fore their attendance at the University, ca1 secure
them by advancing "ne.half the pIice, and paying The
balance when the student enters. Physicians and be-
nesolcnt men ran bo,tOw great benefit upon pool
young men, by presenting them a scholarship, and
thus rubbing ihem 10 obtain an honorable profession.
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent physicians
and surgeons. The University has associated with II
4 large hospital cliuic, wherr every firm Of medical
and surgical disease il operated on and treated In the
presence Of the class.
COLLEGE BUILDING The College building, To-
Gated In Ninth street, south ~ Walnut, j. the dnest in
the egy. Its front IL collegiate gothic, aud Il adorned
with Fmbailemenis and embfasurcs, presenting a nov
FL, bold. aud beautiful appcarnce. The facade IL Of
brown stone, nrnafnented by two towers, rising to the
elevation n eighty feet, and crowned with an en-
bailcd parapet. The building contains between hny
aud sixty rnoms, all supplied with water, gas, and eV-
cry other convenience that modern improvement can
contribute 10 facilitate MEDICAL Instruction. Only five
hundred scholarships will be issued, and As two hun
drsd aud hfty are now sold, those who Wish 10 secure
ons should do - a. once. Money can be remitted by
express, or \ draft or cheek sont on any National
bank IN tho United States, when the scholarship will
hr returned by mail, sigDed by the President Of Ahe
Board of TTnst eos, J0s. s. Fisher, Esq, and the Dean
" tha Faculty, ". Paine, NJ. y. Al orders for sehol
larships or mhcr busines. u The University, should b.
addressed 10 Professor w.. Paine, N. d., Philadelphia
Pennsylvania.