The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-07-11
No. 40.
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PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
MEDICINE AND sURGER'

MEDICINE AND SU RIG GERY.
THE PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY OF
L Medicine and Surgery was organized in 1648.
Chartered by the Legislature, February 26, 1853
Name changed by Legislative enactment to the
Eclectic Medical College of Philadelphia in 1850.
In 1868 it purchased the Pennsylvania Medical
College, established in ls42, and the Philadelphia
Medical College, which had previously been
In 1864 it purchased the Penn Medical Universe
ty. The Trustees of the separate schools united,
petitioned, and obtained special act OF the Leg
islature, consolidating these Institutions and
changing their names to that of the Philadelphia
University of Medicine and Surgery, March Is,
1865. All these various acts are published in the
statutes of Pennsylvania. The cost the build
ing 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 il has ahsofbed.--
1t is O liberal school of medicine, confined 20 no
dogma, nor attached to any medical rliqne but
the profession. = .5,,,ssls
iSsssions.-It has two full sessions each year,
commencing on the 1st Of October, and eentinu.
ing until the 1st of January as its first session,
and from the 1st of January 10 the LIST of April as
its second !; the two constituting one full course
of lectures. It has also summer session, COM
mencing the first of April and continuing until
august for the 0ch As
Chemistry, Anatomy, Phytiology, etc
TGckets-Tickets to the full course Of lectures
$12O, or $50 for each session. For the summer
or preparotary course $25. Graduating fee $50.
To aid young men Of moderate means the Univet-
sity has issued flee hundred scholarships, which
are sold to frst-course students, for $75, and to
second-course students, and clergymen for $50,
each constituting the holder ofa life member,
with the perpetual privileges of the lectures ana
all the teachings of the school. The only addi-
tional fees are yearly dissecting and matrieula.
ting ticket, each of which is IS.
The advantages Of Scholdrship.-The student
holding q 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 on scholarships, hence all pri-
vatc 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 student should hold a scholarship
and not be able to attend lectures, 1t 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 at the University, can
secure them by advancing one-half the price,
paying the balance when the student enters
Physicians and benevolent men can bestow great
benefit upon poor yong men, by presenting
them q scholarship, and thus enabling them to
obtain an honorable profession.
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent ply
sicans and surgeons The University has asso-
form of medical and surgical disease is operated
on and treated in the presence of the class
COLLEGE BUILDING.-Tkc 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, orIla-
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, or q
United States, when the scholarship will be re-
turned by mail, signed by the President of the
Board of Trustees, Jos. 8. 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, NJ. D., Philadelphia, Pa.