The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-09-26
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
MEDICINE AND

The Philadelphia University Of Medi-
cine ana Surgery WINS organized In 1885,
Chartered by the Legislature February ~
1853. Name changed by q Legislative en-
actment to the ECLECTIC Medical College Of
Philadelphia In 1850. In 1903 1t purchased
the Pennsylvania Medical College, estabt.
lished IN fS42, and the Philadelphia Medi-
cal College, which had previously been
merYel into the Pennsylvania Medical Col
lege. In 1894 1t purchased the Penn. Ned
ical University. The Trustees Of the sep
crate schools united, petitioned, and OBJ
taincl Il special act of the Legislature, con-
solidatlng these institutions and changing
their names to that of the Philadelphia u
University of Medicine and Surgery, March
IL, 1865. All these various acts are pub
lishcd IN the statutes of Pennsylvania
The cost of the building and museum wns,
Overcome hundred thousand dollars. 1t Will
be observed that the University, rs now
organized, IL the legal representative OF
the four medical colleges that it has all
sOrbcd. IL Is u liberal school of medicine,
confined to no dogma, nor attached to any
medical clique; hut embraces In Its teach
ings everything Of value to the profession.
S~EssIoNs.-lt has two full sessions each
year, commencing on the LIST Of October,
and continuing until the lst of January Us
its first session, and from the lst of Janua-
ry to the lst of April rs its second; the
two constituting one full course of lectures.
1t has alsO q summer session. commencing
the LIST Of April and continuing until Au-
gust, for the preparatory branches, such as
Latin, Greek, Mathematics, Botany, Zoolo-
gy, Chemistry, Anatomy, Physiology. etc.
TI~cKETs.-.Tickets to the full course OF
lectures $l2O, or $50 for each session. For
the summer or preparatory course $25.-
Graduating fee $50. 10 aid young men of
| ,nnJo.uIo MANN, tbn T-n;vnr,ity, huc ;-ct,nl
l V SCHOLARSHIPS, which arc
sold to llrst-c0ursc students for $75, and to
second-course students and clcrgymcn for
$50. each constituting the holder n life
member, with the perpetual privileges OF
the lectures, and all the teachings of the
school. The only additional fees arc q
yearly dissecting and m%atrlculating ticket,
each of which Is IS.
HE ADVANTAGES OF SCHOLARSHIPS
The student holding II scholarship can en-
ter the .Colicgc ut any time during the year,
attend is long rs he chooses, and re-cnter
the institution as frequently us desired.
1t requires no previous reading or study
to enter the University OH scholarships,
hence, all private tuition fees are saved.
Students, by holding scholarships, can
prosecute other business a part of the time.
The candidate for graduation can present
himarlf ut any time and receive his degree
as soon as qualified,
In case II student should hold a scholar
ship and not be able to attend lectures, it
can be transferred to another, thus pre-
venting any loss.
Parents, guardians, or friends of students
wishing to purchase scholarships for them
Il year or more before their attendance ut
the University, can secure them by advan-
cling Onc-half the price, and paving the
balance when the student enters. Physi-
clans and benevolent men can bestOw great
benefit upon poor young men by present.
Ing them u scholarship and thus enabling
them to obtain an honorable profession.
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent
physicians and surgeons. The University
has associated with it a large hospital elm
ic. where every form of medical and surgi-
cal disease is operated on and treated in the
presence of the class.
COLLEGE BuILDING.-Thc College build
ing, located In Ninth street, south of Wall
nut, is the finest in the city. Its front is
collegiate gothic, and Is adorned with en-
battlcmcnts and cmbrasurcs, p%rescntinga
novel, bold. and beautiful appearance. Tho
facade Is of brown stone, Ornamented by
two towers rising to the elevation of eigll-
ty feet. and crowned with an embattled
fifty and sixty rooms, all supplied with
water, gas, and, every other convenience
that modern Improvement can contribute
to facilitate medical instruction. Only
five hundred scholarships will be issued,
and as two hundred and fifty are now sold,
those who wish to secure one should do so
at once. Money can be RENTED by ex-
press. or II draft or check sent on any Ma
tional Bank in the United States, when the
scholarship will be returned by mail, sign
ed by the President of the Board of Trls-
tees, Jos. $. Fisher, Esq, and the Dean of
the Faculty, W. Paine, NJ. ID. All orders
tor scholarships or other business OF tho
University, should be addressed to Profess
sor W. Paine, NJ. d. Philadelphia, Pa.