The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1867-10-04
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
OF
Medicine and Surgery,

THE Philadelphia Unworthy Of Medicine md Surg
cry was organized In 1918, Chartered by the Lcgisla-
ture, February %, 1856. Name chlngcd by II logisla-
tive enactment To the Eclectic Medical College Of Phil
adclphia In $50. In lNG3 Il purchased the pennsylva-
min Medical COLLEGE, established in 1912, and the Phil
adrrhia Medical College, which had previously been
merged into the Pennsylvania Medical College. .lu
1851 1t purchased the Penn Medical University, The
Tra>ters of The separate schools united, pctitiOned,
ana obtained n special act Of the Legislature. CONSOLE
dating these institutions and changing their names to
that Of the Philadelphia University Of Medicine and
Surgery, March i, lSG6. An these various acts are
published in the ]statztcs Of Pennsylvania. The cost
q: the building and musonm WAS over one hundred
Thousand dollars. VI will be observed that the MI
vrr>ity. a. now Organized, is the legal representative
Of the four medical colleges that IL has absorbed. 1t
j., u liberal school of medicine. cunlacd to 10 dpgmu,
nor attached to any mcuicul Clique but embraces in
its teachings everything of value tothe profession.
S~ESSiONS.--It has two fun sessions each year, com
meucing on the l>t ut October, and continuing until
the lsi Of January rs its first session, and from the LIST
Of january tothe lSt Of April rs is second; the two
constituting one fun course Of lectures. 1t has also
summer session, commencing the ut Of April aud con-
Ii,uing until August, for the preparatory branches
such a. Latin. Greek. Mathematics, Botany, zoology.
Chemistry, Anatomy, Physiology, etc.
TlCkErS.-TicIetS to the inll coarse Of lectures
$l2O, OF 500 for each session. For tho summer or pre-
paratoly course SIS. G]radating fee $50. To aid
Young Men of moderate means, The University lus is
sued five hundred scholarships (which are sold to first.
c0urSe students. for SIS, aud to second. course students
and c~lcrgymcn for $50, each constituting the holder a
ne WtlhhtT' WIN the perpetual privileges OF the lee
lures, sud all the teachings Of the school. The only
additional fees are Il yearly dissectiBg aud matFicula-
ting ticket, each Of Which Ia So.
THE ADVANTAGES or SCHOLARSHIPS Tho
student holding q scholarship can enter the College at
any time during the year, attend as long Us he chooses,
and rc-entrr The Institution as frequently as desired.
II requires no previnns reading or study 10 enter the
University on scholarships, hence, all private tuition
fees are saved.
students, by holding scholarships, can prsccute 9th.
or business a mart Of the time.
The candidate for graduation ran present himself ut
anytime, aud receive his degree As soon Is qualified.
In case Il student should hold a scholarship and not
he able to attend lectures, 1t can be transferred to
another, tins preventing any loss.
ParcUts, guardians, or friends Of students wishing
to purchase scholarships for them a year or more be-
fore their attendance at the University, ca secure
them by advancing onc-half the pI ice, and paying the
balance when the student enters. Physicians and be-
u"volrnt men can be,tow great benefit upon poor
young men, by presenting them q scholarship, and
thus enabling them to obtain an honorable profession.
tn" Faculty embraces seventeen eminent physicians
and surgeons. The University has associated with 1t
u large hospital clinic, wher- every form of medical
aud surgical disease Is operated ON and treated In the
presence at the ClHSs.
COLLEGE BrILDING.-Tho College building, To-
Gated In Ninth street, south Of Walnut, Is the finest in
the city. Its front Is collegiate gothic, and is adorned
with embellishments aud cmbrasures, presenting a nov
cL, bold, and beautiful appearance. The facade is Of
brown st-ne, urramcntcd by two towers, rising To the
elevation nf eighty feet, and crowned with dn EN-
hatled rRrapct. The b%nihiing contains between fifty
aud sixty rooms, all supplied with water, gas, and ey-
cry other convenience that modern Improvement can
contribute 10 facilitate medical Instruction. Only five
hundred scholarships will BE- issued, aud as two hun
drrd aud MY are now sold, those who wish to secure
one should De- % at once. Money can be remitted by
rXpnss, or a draft or check sent on any National
bank In the United states, when the scholarship win
hr returned by mail, signed by The President Of the
Board of Trustees, Jo>, :. Fisher, Esq, and the Dean
Of tho Faculty, W. Paine, ". d. An orders for sriol-
larships or ether business Of the University, should be
addressed to Professor ". Paine, N, D., Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.