The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-12-23
MISCELLANEOUS.
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
OF
MEDICINE AND SURGERY.

FINHE PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE
Il AND SURGERY was organized in 1S48 Chartered
by the Legislature. February &C. 1853. Naae changed
by legislative enactment to the Eclectic Medical Col
lege, OF Philadelphia in 1860 In 1868 it purctas ed the
Pennsylvania Medical College, established in 1872 and
the Philadelphia Medical College, which had previously
been merged into the Pennsylvania Medical college, gn
1854 it purchased the Penn Medical University. The
Trustees OF the separate schools united, petioned and
obtained special Act OF the LePs nture consolidating
these and their to that of the
Philadelphia University of Medicine and Surgery,
March Is, 1861 Allthcse various Acts publ he'd in
the statutes OF Pennsylvania The cost of the uding
and museum was over one hundred thousand dollars 1t
will be observed that the University as now organized
the legal representative OF the four Medical Colleges that
IL has absorbed. 1t is liberal school of medicine
fined to no dogma nor attached any medical cliques
but embraces in it's teaching everything of value to the
profession.
Sssions-It has two full sessions each year. commenc-
ing on tho 1st OF October and continuing until the 1s
January its first session. and from the st of January
to the lst April its second the constituting
full course OF lectures. 1t has also summer session,
commencing the 1st April and continuing until August,
for the preparatory branches. such Latin, Greek,
Mathematics, Botany, Zoology, Chemistry, Anatomy
Physiology etc.
fcke-Tickets to the full course of lectures $40, or
$50 for each session. For the preparatory
course $50. Graudatng tee $40. 10 aid young men Of
moderate means the University has issued five hundred
scholarships which sold to rscourse students
$50. and to secondcourse students and cergymcn for
S50, each constituting the holder life member with the
perpetual privileges of the lectures and all the teachings
OF the school, The only additional fees are early dis
sectng ana natrcuating Ticket each OF which Is SIS.
The Advantages of Scholarships student holding
scholarship can enter the College any time during the
year. attend long he chooses and reenter the insu
tuition as frequently de-ired.
1t requires no previous reading study TO enter the
University on scholarships hence all private tuition fees
saved.
Sti Tents, by holding scholarships can prosecute o-r
business Fart of the time.
Tho candidate for graduation can present himself at
any time, and receive his degree az qualified.
In case stuoent should hold scholarship and not be
able attend lectures transferred
thus preventing any loss.
Parenr guardians or friends Of students wishing to
purchasj scholarship for them year before
advancing onehaf the price and paying the balance
when the student enters Physicians and benevolent
men bestow great benefit upon poor young men by
presenting them scholarship, and thus enabling them
to OBTAIN an honorable profession.
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent physicians
and surgeons. The University has associated with it
largo hospital Clinic whete every form OF medical and
surgical disease is operated and treated in the pres
ence OF the class.
COLLEGE BU1LDHG-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
batements and embrasures, presenting novel, bold,
and beautiful appearance The facade Is OF brown stone
ornar1epted by two towers, rising to the elevation OF
eighty feet and crowned with embattled parapet.
The building contains between fifty and sixty rooms all
supplied with water gas and every other convenience
that modern improvement contribute to facilitate
medical instruction. Only five hundred scholarships
will be issued, and two hundred and fifty now
sold those wish to should do SO at once
Money be RENTED by express, draft or check
sent any National Bank in the United States when
the scholarship will be returned by mail signed by the
President of the Board of Trustees, JOSEPH FISHER
Esq, and the Dean of the Faculty, w. PAINE NJ. ID.
All orders scholarships other business OF the Uni
versity should be addressed to Professor W. PAINE H.
D., PHILADELPHIA, Pa,