The southerner., 1867-07-18
Medical.
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
MEDICINE and SURGERY

FENHE PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSE
II ty of Medicineand Surgery was or
ganized in 1046.. Chartered by the Legis-
lature, February 90, 1858. Name changed
by a legislative enrichment to the Eclectic
Medical College Philadelphia in 1860.
In 1868 it purcha sed the Pennsylvania
Medical College, established in 1912, and
and the Philadelphia Medical College,
which had previously been merged into
the Pennsylvania Medical College. In
1864 it purchased the Rem Medical Uni
versity. The Trustees of the separate
schools united petitioned, and obtained a
special act of the Legislature, consolida-
ting these institutions and changing their
names to that of the Philadelphia Univer-
sity of Medicine and Surgery, March Is,
1865. All these various acts are. published
in the statutes of Pennsylvania. The cost
Of the building and mus cum was over one
hundred thousand dollars 1t Will be OBJ
served that the University, as now organ
lied, is the legal representative of the four
medical colleges that it has absorbed. 1t
is liberal school of medicine, confined to
no dogma, nor attached to any medical
clique but embraces in its teachings eve
rything of value to the profession.
| Sessions. 1t has two full sessions each
year, commencing on tie lst Of October,
and continuing until the 1st of January as
its first session, and from the 1st of Janu-
Al.
two constituting one full course of lectures
1t has also a summer session, commencing
on the lstc of April and continuing unit
August, for the preparatory branches, sucl
as Latin, Greek, Mathematics. Botany
Zoology, Chemistry, Anatomy, Physiology
etc.
Tickets Tickets to the full course 0
lectures 1920, or $50 for each session :
For the summer or preparatory course S25
Graduating fee $50 To aid young men 9
moderate mednt, the University has issue
first-course students, for S75, and to sec
ond course students, for So, each consti
tutng the holder life member, With til
perpetual privileges of the lectures, an
all the teachings of tha school The onl
additional fees are yearly dissecting an
matriculating ticket, each of which is Sd
The advantages of Scholarships
student holding scholarship can ente
the College at any time during the veal
attend as long as he chooses, and re-ente
the institution as frequently as desired
1t requires no previous reading or stud
to enter the University on scholarship.
hence, all private tuition fees are saveo
Students, by holding scholarships, Ca
prosecute other business part of the time
The candidate for graduation can pre-
! sent himself at any time, and receive h
degree as soon as quaiife1'
In case a student should hold scholar
ship and not be able to attend lectures.
: can be transferred to another, thus pre-
venting any loss
Parents, guardians, OF friends of ST.
dents wishing to purchase scholarship
: for them year OF more before their a
n them by advancing one-half the price, al
paying the balance when the student e
tiers. Physicians and benevolent men c;
bestow great benefit upon poor young me
by presenting them scholarship, al
thus enabling them to obtain an honorat
profession.
The Faculty embraces seventeen emf
ent physs clans and surgeons. The III
versity has associated with it a large be
pital clinic, where every form fo medic
D and surgical and surgical disease is op'
ated on and treated in the presence of
class.
Collage Building The College bui
ing, located in Ninth Street, south of W
nut, is the finest in the city Its front
collegiate gothic, and is adorned with e
E. batlements and embrasures, presenting
y novel, bold, and beautiful appearan
. The facade is Of brown stone, ornament
by Two towers, rising to the elevation
lie eighty feet, and crowned with an emb
he tied pararet The building contains
he tween fifty and sixty rooms, all suppl
re with water, gas, and every otner conv
II ience that modern Improvement can c.
II tribute to facilitate medevery other c
S. venience that modern improvement
ms contribute to facilitate medical instruct
Only five hundred scholarships will be
n sued, and as two hundred and fifty are Z
g !; sold, those who wish to secure one sho
X. 90 so at once. Money can be RENTED
ID, express, or draft or check sent on
'e, National bank in theUnited States, w
the scholarship will be returned by m
Il signed by the President of the Board
Trustees. Jos. S. Fisher, ESQ.,, and
Dean of the Faculty, w. Paine, NJ. d.
orders for scholarships or other busir
p' of the University, should be addressed
Professor W Paine, NJ. D., Philadelpl
Pa.
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