The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-12-02
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
MEDICINE AND SURGERY.

rgyHE PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE
Il AND SURGERY WAS organized in 184S. Chartered
by the Legislature. February 26 1853 NaIie changed
by legislative enactment TO the Eclectic Aed;chl Col
lege Philadelphia in 1860 In 1858 1t purchased the
Ponnsylvana Medical college, established In iSA2, and
the Philadelphia Medical college, which had previously
been merged into the Pennsylvania Medical tolege
1864 it purchased the Penn Medical Univ rsity. Inc
Trustees of the separate schools united pedoned and
obtained specialAct of the legislature, consolidating
these institutions and their names to that Of the
Philadelphia University OF Medicine and surgery,
March l5 1865. All these various Acts are publ he'd In
the statutes OF Pennsylvania The cost OF the uildng
and museum hundred thousand dollars. 1t
will be observed that the University as now organized Is
the legal representative of the four Medical Colleges that
II has absorbed 1t liberal school OF medicine con-
fined 10 no dogma nor attached 10 any medical cques.
but embraces in It's teaching everything OF value " the
profession. o
Ssiions-It has two full sessions each year. commenc
ing the 1st of October and continuing until the lst OF
January its first session. and from the Ist OF January
to the lst oil April as Its second the two constituting one
full course OF lectures 1t has also summer session.
commencing tho 1st April aad continuing until August
Tor the preparatory branches, such az Lstn. Crock,
Mathematics. Botany, Zoology Chemistry Anatomy
Physiology. etc.
$50 for each session For the summer or preparatory
course S26. Graduating fee S3O. To aid young men OF
moderlte means, the University has issued ave hundred
scholarships which are sold 70 nrscourse Btuoonts or
S75 aud to secondcourse students and cergJmen for
S5O ch constituting the holder life member, with tho
perpetual privileges Of the Lectures and all the teachings
or the 3cno0. Inc only aQuluOnA Ices are eaIV ulb
sectinE and mariouatng ticket each OF which ID S6
The Advantages of ScholGrshps-The student holding
scholarship enter the College at any time during the
year. long he chooses and reener the ins
tuition aa fieQuenty as de-ired. .
It requires previous reading or study TO enter the
University scholarships hence, al private tuition fess
saved
students by holding schoarphr, prosecute other
business Fart Of the time.
The candidate for graduation can present himself ~
any rae and receive mis- degree as soon as qualified
In ent should hold scholarship and not be
able attend ectpres 1t be anaforred 70 another
thus preventing an loss
Pareus guardians or friends Of students wishing to
purchase scholarship ior them year or more before
their attendance at the University, can secure them by
advancing one-ha the price and paying the balance
when the student enters. Physicians and benevolent
men bestow great benefit upon poor young men oy
presenting them scholarshtp and thus enabling them
to oouin an honorable profession.
The F.culty embraces seventeen eminent physicians
and srgeons The University has associated with 1t
rye hospital clinic, whe.o every form OF medical and
surgical disease 10 operated on and treated In the pres
ence o; he clnss- ....,. ..-. ~.
CoIIEaR Bu1LDnto.-The College building, located in
Ninth Breet south Of Walnut Is the rpest IN the cty.
Its front collegiate gothic and Is adorned with en-
batuenlents and embFasures presenting novel, bold,
and beautiful appearance. The facade OF brown stone.
uaned by TWO towers, rising to the elevation o.
eighty feet, and crowned with an embsttled parspet
Ihe building contains between nifty and sixty rooms al
that modern improvement can contribute TO facilitate
medical instruction. Only hve hundred scholarships
will b0 issued, and two hundred and City are now
sold those wish to secure should do once
Money be rern,tted by express draft check
aent sIy National Bunk IN the United States when
the scholarship will be returned by ma, Aligned by the
President OF the Board OF Trustees JQ5EPH - FiSHEk
tsq.. aud the Dean OF the Eaouity, w. PAINE NJ. u.
All orders or scholarships other business tho Uni
versity should be addressed TO Professor W. PAINE NJ
D., Philadelphis, Pa.