The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-12-27
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
MEDICINE AND SURGERY.

THE PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE
l. AM was organized in 1S4S. Chartered
by the legislature. February 26. 1853. Narie changed
by q. Legislative enactment to the Eclectic Medical Col.
Tege, OF Philadelphia, in 1860. In 1868 1t purchased the
Pennsylvania Medical college. established in 1912, and
the Philadelphia Medical College, which had previously
been merged into the Pennsylvania Medical college. In
1864 1t purchased the Penn Medical Univ rsi;y. Inc
Trustees Of the separate schools united, pedtoned and
obtained a special Act Of the legislature, consolidating
these institutions and cha ging their names to that OF the
Philadelphia University of Medicine and Surgery,
March is. 1865. All these various Acts are publ he'd in
the statutes OF Pennsylvania. The cost Of the iullding
and museum was over one hundred thousand dollars. 1t
will be observed that the University, as now organized, Is
the legal representative Of the four Medical Colleges that
il has absorbed. It is O liberal school OF medicine, con-
fined to no dogma, nor attached 10 any medical cliqucs,
but embraces in it's teaching everything Of value to the
profession.
.Scssions.-It has two full sessions each year, commenc-
ing on the LIST OF October, and continuing until the LIST OF
January, as its first session, and from the lst OF January
to the LIST OF April, as its second; the two constituting one
full course of lectures. 1t has also d summer session,
commencing the LIST April and continuing until August,
for the preparatory branches, such Us Latin, Greek,
Mathematics, Botany, Zoology, Chemistry, Anatomy
Physiology. etc.
~iickes-T1ckets TO tho full course of lectures $40, or
$50 for each session. For the summer or preparatory
course s25. Graduating fee $50. TO aid young men OF
moderate means, the University has issued five hundred
scholarships, which are sold TO trst-course students Tor
SIS, and to second-course students and clergymen for
$50, each constituting the holder q life member, with me
perpetual privileges Of the lectures, and all the teachings
OF the school. The only additional fees are q J early dis
secting and matriculating ticket. each OF which Is SO.
The Advantages of SchoLarships.-The student holding q
scholarship can enter the College at any time during the
year, attend as long as he chooses, and re-enter the lnsu
tuition us frequently as de-tred.
It requires no previous reading or study TO enter the
University on scholarships, hence, oil private tuition fees
are saved.
students, by holding scholarships, can prosecute other
business q cart ofthe time.
The candidate Tor graduation can present hlmselt at
any time, and receive his degree as soon as qualified.
In case d stuuent should hold scholarship and not be
able TO attend lectures, 1t can be transferred 10 announcer
thus preventing any loss.
Parents, guardians or friends of students Wishing TO
purchase scholarship Tor them L year or more before
their attendance at the University, can secure them by
advancing onc-half the price and paying the balance
when the student enters. Physicians and benevolent
men can bestow great benefit upon poor young men by
presenting them q scholarship, and thus enabling them
10 OBTAIN an honorable profession.
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent physicians
and surgeons. Tie University has associated wth 1t a
large hospital clinic, where every form OF medical and
surgical disease is operated on and treated IN the pres
ence OF The class.
COLLEGE BUILDINa.-The College building, located in
Ninth street, south OF Walnut, is the finest III the city.
lis front is collegiate gothic, and is adorned with en-
battlements and cmbrasures, presenting i novel, bold,
and beautiful appearance. The facade is OF brown stone,
ornaruented 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, ard every other convenience
that modern improvement can contribute to facilitate
medical instruction. Only fvc hundred scholarships
will be issued, and as two hundred and fifty are now
sold. those VINO wish 10 secure one should do so ut once.
Money can be RENTED by express, or q draft or check
sent on any National Bank Ill the United States, Wien
the scholarship will be returned by mail. signed by the
President of the Board OF Trustees, JOSEPH ). FISHER,
ESQ, and the Dean OF the Faculty, W. PAINE, NJ. d.
All orders Tor scholarships OF other business OF the Uni
ycrsity, should be addressed TO Professor W. PAINE, N.
D., Philadelphia, Pa.