The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-12-25
MISCELLANEOUS.
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
MEDICINE AND SURGERY.

TWE PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE
Il AND SURGERY was organized in 1s4S. Chartered
by the Legislature. February 26. 1853. Narie changed
by a Legislative enactment to the Eclectic Medical Col.
lege, OF Philadelphia, in 1860. In 1868 1t purchase ed the
Pennsylvania Medical college, es.ablshed in 1912, and
the Philadelphia Medical College, which had previously
been merged into the Pennsylvania Medical college. In
1864 it purchased tie Penn Medical Univ rsi:y. The
Trustees Of the separate schools united, ~pedtioned and
obtained a special Act of the legislature, consolidating
these institutions and cha ging their names to that OF the
Philadelphia University OF Medicine and Surgery,
March Is, 1865. All these various Acts arc publ he'd in
the statutes OF Pennsylvania. The cost of the iuilding
and museum was over one hundred thousand dollars. Il
will be observed that the University, as now organized, is
the legal representative of the four Medical Colleges that
IL has absorbed. II is . liberal school of medicine, con-
fined to no dogma, nor attached 10 any medical cliques,
but embraces in its teaching everything OF value to the
profession.
Sessions.-It has two full sessions each year, commenc-
ing on the LIST of October, and continuing until the LIST of
January, as its first session, and from tho LIST OF January
to the LIST oil April, as Its second; the two constituting one
full course of lectures. It has also q summer session,
commencing the LIST April and continuing until August,
for the preparatory branches, such as Laln, Greek,
Mathematics. Botany, Zoology. Chemistry, Anatomy
Physiology. etc.
Tictets.-I1ckets to the full course of lectures s120. or
$50 for each session. For the summer or preparatory
course S25. Graduating fec $50. 10 aid young men OF
moderate means, the University has issued five hundred
scholarships, which are sold to 6rstcourse students tor
SIS. and to second-course students and clergymen for
$50, each constituting the holder a life member, with the
perpetual privileges Of the lectures, and all the teachings
OF the school. The only additional fees are o early dis
secting and matriculating ticket. each OF which is So.
The Advantages of SchoLdrihips.-The student holding a
scholarship can enter the College ut any time during the
year, attend a. long as he chooses, and rc-enter the inst
tuition as 4. cquently as de-ired.
1t requires 10 previous reading or study to enter the
University on scholarships, hence, all private tuition fees
are saved.
students, by holding scholarships, can prosecute other
business O cart Of the time.
Inc candidate for graduation can present himself ct
any time, and receive his degree rs soon as qualified.
In casea stu ent should hold scholarship and not be
ablo to attend lectures, it can be transferred 70 another,
thus preventing an, loss.
Parents, guardians or friends Of students wishing to
purchase scholarship Tor them o year or more before
their attendance at tue University, eau secure them by
advancing one-hali the price and paying the balance
men can bestow great benefit upon poor young men by
presenting them o scholarship, and thus enabling them
to OBTAIN an honorable profession.
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent physicians
and surgeons. Tho University has associated with 1t q
large hospital clinic, whete every form OF medical and
surgical disease is operated on and treated In the pres
ence OF The class. -.
COLLEGE BUuDnsa.-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 EN-
b%attlement and cmbrasures, presenting q novel, Dold,
and beautiful appearance. The facade Is OF brown stone,
ornarnented by TWO towers, rising TO the elevation OF
eighty feet, and crowned with an embattled parapet.
The building contains between ttty and sixty rooms, oil
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 htty are nov
sold, those VINO wish to secure one should do so at once.
Money can be RENTED by express, or a draft or cheek
sent on any National Bank IN the United States, wien
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, N. ID.
All orders Tor scholarships or other business OF the Uni
versity, should be addressed to Professor w. PAINE, III.
D., philadelphia, Pa.