The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1867-07-19
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
OF f
Medicine and Surgery,

The Philadelphia Univerity Of Medicine and Surg.
cry was organized In 1913. Chartered by the LeRisia,
tlre, February 81, 1855. Name chHnged BY a legialA.
tive enactment 10 the Eclectic Medical College Of Phil
adelphia In 1850. In 1861 II purchased the Penn,ylva.
MIA Medical College, established In 1912, aud the Phil.
adelphiA Medical College, which had previously b, en-
merged into the Pennsylvania Medical College. In
1854 II purchased the Penn Medical University. The
! Trustees OF the separate schools united, petitiOned,
aud obtained q special act Of The Legislature, consoli.
iaiing these INSTITUTIONS and changing their names 10
Surgery, March IL, lS65, An these various acts are
published In the statutes Of Pennsylvania. The cost
Of the building aud museum was over one hundred
thousand dollars. Ii will be observed that the Uni
ver,ity, a. now organized, Is the legal Representative
Of the four medical colleges that Il has absorbed. 1t
Ia liberal school Of medicine, confined to no dogma,
nor attached 20 any medical clique but embraces ia
its teachings everything Of value TO the profession,
~SEsSlONS.-It has two foil sessions each ysaT. com
mciring on the LIST Of October, and continuing until
the lAt OF January As Us arsl session, and from the lot
o. January tothe lat OF April a. Its second; the two
constituting one fnlI course OF lectures. II has also a
summer scssior commencing the lat Of April md con.
ihnlDg until August, for the preparatory brtncI es
such as Latin, Greek, Mathematics, Botany, Zoology,
Chemistry. Anatomy, Physiology, etc. w.
TICkEFs.-Tickets 10 the full course OF lectures
Sl2O, or eGDfo each session. For the sumner or prr.
paratory course s25. GrNdating fee $50. To aid
young Men OF moderate means, The University has IS
sued Ave hundred scholarships, which are sold 10 ant.
course students, for SIS, aud to socond.cOurse studei Il
and eleTRyinep for $50, each constituting the holder a
life menher, with tho perpetual privilege Of The lr.
additional ices are a yearly d%iassctipS and msIrieuIs.
ting ticket. each of which Ia As
THE ADVANTAGES OF SCHOLARsHIPs-Th
student holding a scholarship eIh enter the College at
any time during the year, attend a. long "a no chnoses.
and re.Nnter the Institution ~ frequently as desired.
N requires no previous reading or study to enter the
I%nlycrsily on scholaTships, hence all private tuition
fees are saved.
Students, by holding scholarships, can prosecute 9th.
OF business a mart Of the time.
Tue candidate for gmduation can present himself at
anytime, and receive bis degree a. soon "a qualified.
In ease a student shonld hold q scholarship aud not
be able 10 attend lroluns, II can be Transferred to
another, thus preventing any loss.
Parents, guardians, or friends Of students wishing
to purchase scholarships for them a year or more be-
fore their attendance at tho UnivsFsily, ean secure
them by advancing one-half the pIiee, and paying the
balance when the student enters, Physicians and be-
neyoleni men can bestow great benefit upon poor
young men. Wy presenting them q scholarship, and
thus enabling them 10 obtain an honorable profession.
The Faeuliy embraces seventeen eminent physicians
ana surgeons, The U%nlVersity has associated With II
a large hoapiial clinic, where every form Of medical
and surgical disease Is operated on aud treated In the
presence Of the class.
COLLEGE DUILDISG.-Ths College building, 10.
Gated 10 Ninth Street, south Of walnut, Is the bnest In
tho city. la front IL collegiate gothic, and IL adorned
With emba,lements aud embrasurcs, presenting a nov
81, bold. aud %beantlfnl appeafance. The fscado l. Of
brown stone, oruAmented by Two towers, rising to ths
elevation n eighty feet, and crowned with an en-
batled rArapet. The building contains between shy
and sixty rp0ns, all sApp lied with water, gas, and eV.
cry other convenience that modern improvement eau
c%ontIibuie u facilitate medical instruction. Ony ave
hundred scholarships will DO Issued, and ~ two hun.
dred add my are now i0ld, those Who wish 10 secure
one should DO Foat Onso. Money can be remiited BY
express, or a draft OF check sent on any National
bank 10 tho United staies. when the scholarship will
be- returned by mall. signed BY the President of the
Board n Trustees, jos. s. Fisher, Esq, and the Dean
Of The Faculty, W, Paine, N. D. All orders for sehol.
larships OF other busihsss u the University. should b.
addressed 70 ProfosssTW Paine. N. D., Phfadelphis,
Penn.ylyahla.