The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-12-28
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PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
MEDICINE AND SURGERY.

HHE PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE
L AMI SURGERY was organized in 1S4S. Chartered
by the Legislature. February 26, 1853. Narie changed
by q Legislative enactment to the Eclectic Medical Col
lepe, of Philadelphia, in 1860. In 1853 1t purctas ed the
Pennsylvania Medical college, established in 1912, and
the Philadelphia Medical College. which had previously
been merged into the Pennsylvania Medical College. In
1864 it purchased the Penn Medical University. The
Trustees OF the separate schools united, pedtoned and
obtained q 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. AL these various Acts are publ ned IN
the statutes Of Pennsylvania. The cost OF the luildlng
and museum was over one hundred thousand dollars. II
will be observed that the University, snow organized, Is
the legal representative Of the four Medical Colleges that
il has absorbed. 1t is a liberal school OF medicine, con-
fined to no dogma, nor attached 10 any medical cnques,
but embraces in its teaching everything OF value TO tne
profession.
inn on the 1st OF October, and continuing uIfIl the LIST o.!
January, as its first session, and from te LIST OF January
to the LIST OF April, as Its second; The two constituting one
lull course Of lectures. 1t h7Sg,so o summer inner, Session .as"f
for the preparatory bXGDh such as Latin, Greek,
Mathematics. Bota2E5S aogy. Chemistry. Anatomy
fieksts.@us tho full course Of lectures sl2o; or
$50 for o. seESh. For the summer or preparatory
course s25. Graadating fee $50. 10 aid young men OF
MODERATE means, the University has issued five hundred
scholarships, which are sold to frst-course students for
SIS. and to secoud-course students and clergymen ior
$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 J early dis
secting and matricuating ticket. each OF which is So.
The Advantages of SchoLarships.-The student holding q
scholarship can enter the College at any time during the
year, attend as long as he chooses, and re-enter the lnsu
tuition rs frequently 20 de-1red.
It requires no previous reading or study to enter the
University on scholarships, hence. all private tulnon ices
are saved.
Students, by holding scholarships, can prosecute other
business a Fart Of the time. .
The candidate for graduation can present hlmsen II
any time, and receive his degree as soon as qualified.
In case stuoent should hold scholarship and not De
able 10 attend lectures. 1t can be transferred 10 anotner'
thus preventing any loss. ~
Parents, guardians or friends Of students wishing TO
purchase scholarship for them o year or more before
their attendance at the University, can secure them by
advancing one-hnf the price and paying the paiance
men can bestow great benefit upon poor young men by
presenting them q scholarship, and thus enapnnS them
TO OBTAIN an honorable profession.
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent pnyslclans
and surgeons. The University has associated Wth II o
large hospital clinic, whete every form Of medical and
surgical disease is operated on and treated In the pres
ence OF the class.
COLLEGE BU1LDMo.-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-
battlements and embrasures, presenting novel, ooiu'
and beautiful appearance. The facade is OF brown stone,
ornaroented by two towers, rising to the elevation OF
eighty feet, and crowned with an emoatued 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 Ave hundred scholarships
will be issued, and as two hundred and nifty are now
sold. those VINO wish to secure ono should DO 30 nj once
Money can be RENTED by express, or q draft or check
sent on any National Bank in the United States, when
the scholarship will be returned by mail, signed by inc
President of the Board of Trustees, JOSEPH ). FISHER,
ESQ.,, and the Dean OF the Faculty, W.. PAINE, NJ; "
An orders Tor scholarships or other business OF the Uni
yersity, should be addressed to Professor w. PAINE, NJ
D., Philadelphia, Pa.