The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-24
MISCELLANEOUS.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
OF
MEDICINE AND SURGERY.

TTyHE PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY or MEDICINE
i AND SURGERY was organized in 1928. Chartered
by the Legislature. February 20. 1853 Nar changed
nv legislative enactment to the Eclectic Med gal Col
lepe of Philadelphia in 1860 In 1858 1t purcEaed the
Pennsylvania Medical College, established in iSs& and
the Philadelphia Medical College which had previously
heen merged intothe Pennsylvania Medical College, m
1884 it purchased the Penn Medical University. The
Trustees of the separate schools united pet0ned and
obtained special Act Of the Lepsature consolidating
these institutions and cha gng their names to that of the
Philadelphia University of Medicine and Surgery
March IT, 1865. All these various Acts publ he'd in
the statutes of Pennsylvania The cost of the uding
and museum one hundred thousand dollars. It
will be observed that the University as now organized Is
the legal representative Of the four Medical Colleges that
It has absorbed It is liberal school of medicine.
fined to no dogma nor attached 10 any medical clique
but embraces In its teaching everything of value to the
profession.
essions-I has two full sessions each year, commenc
nQ on the 1st of October and continuing until the LIST Of
January its first session. and from the 1st OF January
10 the ist OF April its second the constituting
f1ll course of lectures It has also summer session,
commencing the 1st April aad continuing until August
for the preparatory branches such as Latin, Greek
Mathematics, Botany, zoology, Chemistry, Anatomy
ficket,Tickes to the full course Of lectures $780, or
$50 for each session. For the summer or preparatory
course s25 Graduating fee $50 To aid young men Of
moderate means the University has issued five hundred
schosrships which sold to frstcouse students for
s7s and to students and clergymen for
$50 each constituting the holder life member with the
perpetual privileges Of the lectures and all the teachings
OF the school The only additional fees early dis
sectng and matrculang ticket, each OF which is So.
T6e 1drantages of fSchoarship,- student holding
schoarshp can enter the College at any time during the
year attend as long he chooses and reenter the ns
| tutioJ q frequently as de- -ired
II REQUIRES no previous reading study TO enter the
University scholarships, hence all private tuition fees
| are saved.
Students by holding scholarships can prosecute other
| business part Of the time
The candidate for graduation present himself a
any time and receive bis degree soon as qualified
In case stuoent should hold scholarship and not be
able 10 attend lectures 1t be transferred TO another
| thus preventing any loss. - -
Parents guardians or friends of students Wishing tc
uurchsse scholarship for them o year more before
Heir attendance at the University can secure them pJ
advancing one-hAh the price and paying TIE balance
when the student enters. Physicians and benevolent
men can bestow great benefit upon poor young men by
presenting them scholarship and thus enabling then
| to obtain an honorable profession.
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent physicians
and suuzeons The University has associated with 1t
large hospital clinic wheIe every form Of medical ont
surgical disease s operated and treated in the pres
ence Of the claas ,,
Ninth street. south Of Walnut is the finest in the city
Its front Is collegiate gothic, aud Is adorned with em
battlements and embrssuree presenting novel, poio
and beautiful appearance The facade OF Drown stone
oruapnented by two towers rising to the eevauon .
| eohty feet and crowned wi.h an embattled parapet
The building contains between fifty and sixty rooms al
supplied with water, gas, and every other conVemenc
that modern improvement can contribute 70 faclntat
medical instruction. Only five hundred soholarshp
sold those who wish TO secure should do 30 ut once
Money can be remited by express, or draft or cnec
sent on any National Bank in the United Sates whei
the scholarship will be returned by mall signed py IN
| ESQ. and the Dean Of the Faculty, W. PAINE, NJ
M orders for scholarships other business OF tns UNI
versty should be addressed to Professor W. PAINE M
\ D., Phiadelphs, Pa.