The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1867-08-30
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
t.. .. OF
Medicine and Surgery,

Tbs Philadelphia Uniyerity Of Medicine aud surv.
cry Was organized IN 1913. Chartered lTstbe Legisla'
tnrr, February "a, 1855. Name changed hy A lcgi.hi-
tive enactment to the. EclrIc Medical College Of Phil
adslphi, in l,uO. In lsoi 1t purchased the Pennsylva.
MIA Medical College established IN 1872 aud the fhil-
adelphia Medical College, " hich had previously been
merged into III" Pennsylvania Medical college. IL
1864 ii purchased the Penn Medical University. Tn
Trustees Of tho -cparate sclnEils unird, petitiuRed,
and obtained u special act ofihr Legislature. cpnaoli
dating these institutions and changing their names {"
that Ul thr. Philadelphia Il niyersiiy Of Medicine and
Surgery, March 10, 1865. All these various acts are
]publshcd Ia Ihe statutes Of Pennsylvania. TIA" cost
II the building aud museum was over one hundred
thpu.und lollsr.. 1t will be- observed that the Uni
vcr,ity, as IpW organized, D. the legal representative
r 1.-THE luur medical college, that II has absorbed. Il
isR liberal school " medicine. confined ~ no dogma.
nur attached 90 any inruirtI tiique but embraces IN
It's t]cichiugs everything uf value tothe profession.
S~ESSluNS.-lt has two NIL sessions each year, com
mcncfrg IN the Lt 81 October, and continuing until
tin l,t uf January as Wv first session, and rom the lst
II January tuths lot ~ April an Il. second the TIVE
constituting one full course Of Lectures. IL has alspa
summer session, commencing the Iatof April nd con
'ibuiug until August, fer the preparatory branches
snrh ~ Latin, Greek, Municipalities, Botany, Zoology,
Chemistry, Anatomy. Physiology, etc,
'TTCkEIS Tickets 20 the ttlt course o. lectures
$40, or 80 for each session. For the summer or pre-
phri'ory course so. Graduating fee SO. 7" aid
Young Menof m"trTsc nqanz, te University has Is
,nci ave Hundred scholarships, which are sold to trst.
course atndeuts, for IS, and Ia Hecoud-rour-r H%tulsuis
aud clergyman for $50, each constituting the holder a
lie member, With he prrretual priv legrs OF The he
tprr., and ~ ths teachings n the school. The only
additional fees sre = yearly dl.seeting und maIreulA.
ting ticket, zach n whichis g..
THE ADVANTAGES OF SCHOLARSHIPS The
student holding . s~choarhip can enier The. college At
ANY time during the year, attend " long lshe ehoussa,
and rr-cntcr The Institution ~ frequently ~ d'siTr''.
IL requires no previous iradlug or Etudy To enter the
guiversiiy IN scholarships, hence, all private tuition
fees are saved.
students, BY holding scholarships, can p~rseeute 9TH
or bushes, q part ~ the time.
The candidate fr graduation ran present himself al
%Anyttme, and receive his degree A. snon W. qunlined.
In case a student should hold 4 scholarship aud MT
BE- able to attend lfcturcs, IL can be Transferred to
smother, TINS preventing any lo>s.
Parents, guardians, or friends Of students wishing
H. yurrhAsr scfolar-hias for Them 70 year or maru be-
lore their Aterdanre At The University, rA1 s"cur,
Them by aiyanciuZ unr-half the price, and raying Oh,
balance When The student onters. Physicians and De-
> nryuleut nien can b9.tOw great benehf upon gu0i
young men, by presenting then n scholarship, and
thus enabling Them 10 obtain an honorable proirr ion,
I The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent physiriani
and surgeons. The University has associated with
d large hospital clinic, whete every firm II medca
and surgical disease is operated On and treated In tn
pr-,enrr ol the clH.s.
/ COLLEGE BUILDIyG.-The College building, 10
cat"d iH Ninth street. south ~ walnut, T. The finest II
tha city. It's front IL nliagiaiEtgethic aud b adoruel
With rmbitlrmSrts and go bfgsures, prr.entirEa a nov
81, bold, and beautiful appearance. The facade i o
brown stone, 0rnamantrd ~ two towers, rising 10 ~
slevEtiup u eighty feet. aud crogned with on Gu
batled pArapet. The huildiug contains between M,
and sixty rooms, al supplied with water, ga, and eV
cry other cinvenirnce that modern improvement en-
contribute n facilitate Bndical Instruction. Only ~
hundred .chnlarshlps will DO issued, and g. ~" hun
dTHd ani my are now sid, those who Wish 10 sncur
10 ono should Do - ~ once. Money can be rrHi'ted D
rxpr-sN, ~ a DRAFT o. check sout on any Nation
bank IN the United States, when the scholarship wi
hr returned by mail. signed ny the President ~ III
Board " Trustees. Io-. $. FISHER, E.q.. md the Dra
q The Faculty, ". Paine, " D, Az onlsrs Tor feho
Iarslips or ofiar business X tie fraternity. ,hsuldt
addressed to PnfssseTw. Paine, 81 D., Philadelphia
PssE'ylrania.