The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-30
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
OF
MEDICINE AND SURGERY.

TENHE PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY or MEDICINE
L AND SURGERY was organized IN lSae Cnsr.eree
by the Leeisature February g. 1858. Maize cnangeo
by legislative enactment TO the Eclectic nedeai Cof
leQe of Philadelphia In 1860 In 1868 purcfas ed tne
Pennsylvania Medical college, established In ioA ano
the PHILADELPHIA Medical College, which had previously
been merged into the Pennsylvania Medical 'olege -
1864 1t purchased the Penn Medical Uniw rsl'y Inc
Trustees of the separate schools united peddoned ana
obtained special Act of the Legislature, concentrating
these institutions and cha gng their names to tnst OF he
Philadelphia University OF Medicine ana surgery,
March IT, 1865 All these various Acts are publ he'd In
the statutes Of Pennsylvania The cost OF the udlng
and museum was over hundred thousand dollars II
win bo observed that the university orgsnized
II has absorbed It Ia liberal school OF meoclns' con
fined to no dogma, attached 10 any medical cnques
embraces In It's teaching everything Oh Vue 70 'ne
profession.
essions-It has two full sessions each year, commenc
ing on the 1st of October and continuing until the lst OF
January, is arst session. and from the ISL o
to the LIST April its second the two constituting one
full of lectures. 1t has also summer session.
commencing the 1st April and continuing until August
for the preparatory branches, such as Laun, dreeK,
| Mathematics, Botany, Zoology, Chemistry, Anatomy
| Physiology, etc. ~ 49,
iicke-Tckets to the full of lectures $780, or
$50 for each session For the summer or preparatory
course S26 Graduating fee $780, To aid young men OF
moderate the University has issued nve nundreo
scholarships which are sold TO hrstcourse studens or
S76 and to secondcourse students and clergymen Tor
$50 each constituting the holder life member, with the
perpetual privileges Of the lectures and all the teachings
OF the school, The only additional tees are early DIS
The Advantages of Scholarships student holding
scholarship enter the College at any time during the
year. attend long he chooses and reener the lns
tuition as frequently as de-ired.
It requires no previous reading study to enter the
University scholarships hence all private tuition fees
are saved.
Students by holding scholarships prosecute other
business part Of the time.
The candidate for graduation present himself at
any time, and receive bis degree as soon as quanneo
able to attend lectures 1t can be transferred 10 anotner
thus preventing any loss.
Parents guardians or friends Of students wishing to
purchase scholarship tor them 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 iy
presenting them scholarship, and thus enabling then
to OBTAIN an honorable profession.
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent physicians
and surgeons The University has associated with Il
large hospital clinic, whele every form OF medical and
surgical disease Is operated on and treated in the pres
ence OF the class.
COLLEGE BUILDNG.-The College building. located in
Ninth street. south of Walnut is the finest III the CITY,
Its front is collegiate gothic and s adorned with en-
battlements and embrasures, presenting novel, bold,
and beautiful appearance. The facade Is OF brown sone
ornarnented 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 wish to should do 80 ut once
Money can be reunited by express draft or check
sent on any National Bank in the United States, when
the scholarship will be returned by mail signd by the
President of tho Board Of Trustees, JOSEPH s. FISHER
ESQ.,. and the Dean OF the Faculty, W. PAINE, NJ. D.
All orders for scholarships or other business W the uni
versty should be addressed to Professor W. FAINE NJ
n PHILADELPHIA. Pa.