The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1867-08-08
PHiLADEI PHIA. UNIVERSITY
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MEDICINE & :. SURGERY.

rINHE PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY, or
i MEDICINE AND SURGERY was organ.
lied in 1S48. Chartered by the Legislature
February &c, 1858. Name changed by d.
legislative enactment to the Eclectic Medical
College, of Philadelphia, in 1860. In&166S
it purchased thc Pennsylvania Medical COLI
legc, established in 1S42, and the Philadelphia
Medical College, which had previously been
merged into the Pennsylvania Medical COL
lege. In 1864 it purchased the Tenn. Medi-,
cal University. The Trustees o!the SEPARATE
schools united petitioncd, and obtained o
special Act of the Legislature, consolidating:
these Institutions and changing their names.
to that of the Philadelphia University of.
Medicine and Surgery, March Is, 1865. An
these various Acts are published in the stat
utes ofPennsylvania. The cost of the build
ing and museum was over one hundred thous-
and dollars. 1t will be observed that the
University, as now organized is the legal
representative of the four Medical Colleges
that it has absorbed. 1t is liberal school
of medicine, confined to no dogmas, nor 1T
tached to any medical clique; but embraces in
its teachings everything Of value to the pro-
fession. '.-'r'
.Sessions.-It has two full sessions each year,
commencing on the 1st of October, and con-
tinuing until the 1st of January as its first
session, and from the 1st of January to the
1st ofApril as its second; the two constituting
one full course of lectures. 1t has also q
summer session, commencing the 1st of April
and continuing until August, for the pre-
paratory branches, such as Latin, Greek.
Mathematics, Botany, Zoology, Chemistry,
Anatomy, Physiology, etc.
Tckets.-Tickets to the full course of lee
lures S120, or $50 for each session. For the
summer OF preparatory course S25. Grad
uating fee $50. TO aid young men of moder-
ate means, the University has issued Jfpe hun.
dred scholarships, which are sold to frst-course
students, for ST5, and to second-course stu
dents and clergymen for $50, each constitu-
ting the holder life member, with the per-
pctual privileges of the lectures, and all the
teachings of the school. The only additional
fees are yearly dissection and natriculating
ticket, each of which is SIS. 4.
THE advantages Of Scholarships.-Thc stu
dent holding scholarship can enter the Col
lege at any time during the year, attend as
long rs lie chooses and rc-enter the institu-.
tion as frequently as desired
1t requires no previous reading or study to
enter the University OH scholarships, hence,
all private tuition fees are saved.
Students, by holding scholarships can
prosecute other business q part of the time.
The candidate for graduation can present
himself at any time, and receive his degrees
as soon as qualified. sE.
III case q student should hold scholar
ship and not be able to attend lectures, 1t can
be transferred to another, thus preventing
any loss.
Parents, guardians, or friends ofstudents
wishing purchase scholarhipfor them year
or more before their attendance at the Univer-
sity, Gun secure them by advancing one-hslf
student enters. Physicians and benevolent
men can bestow great benefit upon poor
young men, by presenting them scholar
ship, and thus enabling them to obtain an
honorable profession. ''s ~ 'S''
Tho Faculty embraces seventeen eminent
physicians and surgeons. The University
has associated with it large hospital clinic,
where every form of medical and surgicaldi
aseis operated on and treated ip presence
of the class.
COLLEGE .BuILDISc.-Th College building,
located in Ninth-street, South of Walnut,iis is
the finest in the city, Its front is collegiate
gothic, and is adorned with cmhattlcmcnts
and embrasures, presenting novel, bold,
and beautiful appearance. The facade is of
brown stone, ornamentcd by two towers, ri
sing to the elevation feighty feet, and crown
ed with an embattlcd parapct. The building
contains between fifty and sixty rooms, all
supplied with water, gus, 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 who wish to secure one should do so at
once. Money can be remittcd by express,
or draft or check sent OIL any National Bank
in the United States, when the scholarship
will be returned by mail, signed by the
President of the Board of Trustees, JOSEPH
S. FISHER, Esq, and the Dean of the Fac
ulty, W. PAINE, NJ. D. All orders for scholar
ships or other business of the University,
should be addressed to Professor W. PAINE,
NJ. D., Philadelphia, Pa.
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