The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1867-11-09
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
OF
Medicine and Surgery.

FsHE Philadelphia University of Medicine and
~ surgery was organized in IS4S. Chartered
by the Legislature, February l6, 1853 Name
changed py legislative enactment to the Eclec
1lc &C. MEDICAL College of Philadelphia in 1860 In
1903 1t purchased the Pennsylvania Medical Col
lege, established in l842, and the Philadelnh;a
Medical College, which had previously been
merged INTO the Pennsylvania Medical College
IN Ioo1 II purchased the Penn Medical Univer-
slty. me Trustees of the separate schools uni
ted, petltloned, and obtained special act of the
Legislature, consolidating these institutions and
changing their names to that OF the PHILADELPHIA
isf5 iHslVersl5y OF medicine and Surgery, March Is,
1000. All these various acts are published in the
statutes OF pennsylvania. The cost of the bnild
Ig anu museum was over one hundred thousand
dollars 1t will be observed that the Universitv-
as now organized, is the legal representative Of
the tour medical colleges that it has ahsorhad
1t Is a liberal school Of medicine, confined to no
oogma, nor attached to any medical clioue: but
embraces IN Its teachings everything of yalue
TO the profession.
Sessaofs.-It has two full sessions each year
commencing on the lst of October, and confinu,
ing until the list of January as it's first session
ana from the 1st of January to the LIST of Anr;i
asits as second the two constituting one full course
OF lectures. 1t has also a summer session Con-
mencing the LIST of April and continuinp nntil
august 1or the preparatory branches, such as
Latin, Greek, Mathematics, Botany. Zoology
Chemistry anr a Anatomy, Physiology, etc. 81
,,eSes@ilckets 90 to the full course of lectures
IL.
preparatory course SIS. Graduating fee $40. To
ala young men OF moderate means the University
mas issued tre hundred scholorshsDs which are
soia 20 nrst-eourse students for $75, and to sec
each constituting the holder a life member
with the perpetual privileges of the lectures,
ana an an the teachings of the school. The onIv
aaantlonal fees are yearly dissecting and ma
trlcuiatlng ticket, each of which is S5
The advantages of Schotarships.-fhe st,dant
ns nolulag scholarship can enter the College at
any tlme during the year, attend as lone as ha
chooses, and re-enter the institution as ire.
quently as desired. 80 iio-
II requires no previous reading or study to en-
Ter the University on scholarships hence all
private tuition fees are saved. "A
seuaents, by holding scholarships, can prose.
cuIe other business part of the time
The candidate for graduation can .in1 nrsso,th IT.;
as qualified .' "os'ee as soon
In case student should hold a scbolarsb;n
anu not oe aoie to attend lectures it can be trans
leTred 70 another, thus preventing any ioss -
PARENTS, guardians, or friends of stmdants
wisnlng TO purchase scholarships for them wear
:. more oe1ore their attendance at the Univer-
slsy can secure them by advancing one-haIf the
price, and paying the balance when the sandent
enters. Physicians and benevolent men can has
'euM greae oenen5 upon poor young men, by pre-
'entIng tg tnem scholarship, and thus enabfnp |
'nen EN- 20 gsam;t Obtain an honorable profession
'!cians and surgeons The University has aasy |
lated with it large hospital clinic. where every
and o. tresaed and surgical disease
College Bwildina|TRbe RessIIe Gnmeno VI h sae class;
a N Ninth street, south of Walnut, is tie finest
el'y With Its front is and
'resenting novel, bold and beautiful annear,
nee. N The facade is of brown stone, ornamented
e. y Two towers, rising to the elevation of eighty
eee, and crowned with an embattIed naranaf5
me ne, building contains between fifty and sixty
oSms, tSo an supplied with water, gas, and eyery
ener ene convenience that modern Improvement can
ontrloute to facilitate medical instruction On
nve hundred scholarships will be issued. and
: Two hundred and fifty are now sold, those who
a.s ..oI W secure one should do so at once Money
an oe remltted by express, or draft or check
q ent on any National bank in the United states.
aned ine h1 tSe viii be returned mail
os s. Fisher, Esq, and the Dean of the FacrItv'
y y, ralne, NJ d. All orders for scholarships Or
sner aoe business OF the University should be- adj.
ressed to PROFESSOR w. PAINE' M n ~"
June 8-521 ph;1aSai.n:; ;1Ssi ~: ";