The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-12-26
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
of
MEDICINE AND SURGERY.

nHE OF MEDICINE
Il N SURGERY was organized in 1913. Chartered
by the Legislature. February 26. 1853. Nara e changed
by a legislative enactment TO the Eclectic Medical Col
lege, OF Philadelphia, in 1860. In 1868 1t purchased the
Pennsylvania Medical college. established In io42, and
the Philadelphia Medical College, which mad previously
been merged into the Pennsylvania Medical College. In
1864 1t purchased the Penn Medical Univ rsi;y. The
Trustees Of the separate schools united, pedhoned ana
| obtained a special Ac. Of the legislature, consolidating
these institutions and cha g'ng their names to that OF the
Philadelphia University of Medicine and Surgery,
March Is, 1866. ALI these various Acts are published in
the statutes Of Pennsylvania. The cost Of the iuilding
and museum was over one hundred thousand dollars. 1t
viii be observed that the University, as snow organized, is
the legal representative OF the four Medical Colleges that
il has absorbed. It is q liberal school Of medicine, con-
fued to no dogma, nor attached 10 any medical cliques,
but embraces in its teaching everything of value to the
profession.
Sessions.-It has two ful sessions each year, commenc-
ing on the 1st Of October, and continuing until the LIST OF
January, rs its first session, and from the LIST OF January
TO the LIST OF April, as its second; the two constituting one
full course of lectures. It has also o summer session,
commencing tho LIST April aad continuing until August,
for the preparatory branches, such as Lann, GreeK,
Mathematics, Botany, zoology, Chemlstry, Anatomy
Physiology. etc.
-Tickets.@Tickets to the full course of lectures s12O. or
SEQ for each session. For the summer or preparatory
course s25. Graduating fee $50. 10 aid young men OF
moderate means, the University has issued five hundred
scholarships, which are sold to frst-course students TOR
SIS. and to second-course students and c~lergynien ior
$50, each constituting the holder q life member, with the
perpetual privileges of the lectures, and all the teachings
OF the school. The only additional tees are Q ! early dis
secting and mntriculanng ticket. eacn OF winch II 20.
The Advantages of SchoLdrships.-The student holding q
scholarship can enter the College ut any time during the
year, attend as long as he chooses, and re-enter the insd
tuition as Fl equently as de-ired.
1t requires no 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 q Part of the time.
The candidate for graduation can present himself at
any time, and receive his degree as soon as qualified.
In casea stu ent should hold scholarship and not be
,l1a 10 .ttand 1act1,raa n ran ha franeferrpl To another.
thus preventing any loss.
Parents, guardians or friends Of students wishing to
purchase scholarship Tor them q year or more before
advancing one.half the price and paying the balance
when the student enters. Physicians and benevolent
men can bestow great benefit upon poor young men oy
presenting them a scholarship. and thus enabling them
to OBTAIN an honorable profession.
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent physicians
and surgeons. The University has associated with 1t O
large hospital clinic, wheIe every form OF medical and
surgical disease is operated on and treated III the pres
ence OF the class.
COLLEGE BuupNo.-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 em-
blttlements and cmbrasures, presenting O novel, Dold,
and beautiful appearance. The facade is of brown stone.
ornarlented by two towers, rising to the elevation Of
eighty feet, and crowned with an embattled parapet.
The building contains between 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 VINO wish to secure one should do so at once
Money can be RENTED by express, or o draft or check
sent on any National Bank Ill the United States, when
the scholarship will be returned by mail, signed by the
President OF the Board of Trustees, JOSEPH ). FISHER,
Eco, and the Dean OF the Faculty, w. PAINE, NJ. D..
All orders Tor scholarships or other business OF the Un:-
versity, should be addressed to Professor W. PAINE, nj.
D., Philadelphia. Pa.