The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-18
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November q
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
OF
MEDICINE AND SURGERY.

rTHE PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE
AND SURGERY WAS organized fn 184S Chartered
by the Legislature February .1B53 Name changed
by Legislative enactment to the Eclectic H. edfcal Col
lege of Philadelphia In 1860 In 1868 1t purchased the
Pennsyyanis Medical college, established in 1872 and
the Philadelphis MedHd College, whfh had previously
been merged intothe pennsyvanis Medical College. In
1864 II purchased the Penn Medical University. The
Trustees OF the separate schools united. petoned and
obtained special ACT Of the legislature. consolidating
these institutions and cha gng their nanleH Ia ha OF hc
Philadelphia University OF Medicine mi surgery,
March IS 1865 All t 90 various Acts are pubif hed1n
the statutes OF Pennsylvania The cost Of the uildng
and museum was ovor hundred housand dollars. 1t
will be observed that the University organized is
the legal representative Of tho tour Medical Coeges that
it has absorbed. is liberal school Of medicine. con-
fined to no dogma, attached 10 ony medical cQpe
but embraces in teaching everything Of value to the
profession.
Stssons-It has two full sessions each year, conncnc
ipa on tho st of October and continuing until the lst CT
January as its first session. and from the ist Of January
to the iet OF April its second; the tTo constituting one
full course of lectures. 1t has also sfnmer session.
commencing the 1st April cad coenuing until Ausust
tor the preparatory branches, suoh aa Latn, Grees
Msthcmatics. Botany, Zoo,sU, Chemistry, Anatomy
Physiology, etc .,.,
$50 for each session For the simmer preparatory
course s25 Graduating fee s30 To aid young men OF
moderate means the University has issued Eve hundred
scholarships which are sold to hrscourse sents for
s75 and to second-couree students and clergymen for
$50 each constituting the holder life member, with tho
perpetual privileges of the lectures and all the teachings
sectng and natrculating ticket. each Of which 1875
The 1drdntdoes of ckodrjhips-The student holding
scholarship enter the College time during the
year. attend long as he chooses and renter the inst
tuition as frequently a5 de-ired.
It requircs no previous reading or study to enter the
Univery scholarships henoo all private tuition fees
saved.
students by holding scholarships prosecute other
business rart OF the time.
The candidate for graduation can present himself ut
any time and receive his degree as soon qualified.
In case stuuent should hold scholarship and not be
able to attend lectures 1t ca be transferred 10 another
thus preventing any loss.
Parents guardians OF friends of students w:shng 10
purchase scholarship for them year more before
their attendance at the University can secure them by
advancing one.half the price and paying the balance
men can besow great benefit upon poor young by
presenting thema schoarshp, and thus enabling them
to obtain an honorable profession. ..s
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent phy5cians
and suYgeons The University has associated with it
large hospital clinic whee every form of medical and
surgical disease ia operated on and treated IN the pres
ence of the class. -
COLLEGE BU1LpNo.-The College building located in
Ninth street. south OF Walnut IS the finest in the city
Its front is collegiate gothic, and ia adorned with
batlements and embrasures, presenting q novel, bold
and beautiful appearance. The facade Is of brown stone
ornarnented by two towers rising to the elevaton OF
eighty feet, and crowned wtl IN ellbattied parapet
The building contains between ftty and sixty rooms all
srbed with w1ter gas, and every other convenience
thafspuodern Enforcement can contribute feEtate
medifal instruction. Only hve hundred seholaf
VIII beSsned, and as two hundred and htty are Ate
sold those VINO wish to one should do s6 et
Money Gun be remtted by express or draft or check
sent on my National Bank in The United States when
the schorhp viii be returned by mail, sighed by the
President of ths Board Of Trustees, J0SEPH SFtSHER
ESQ. ana ihe Dean OF the Faculty. W. PAINE, NJ D.
All orers for scholarships otherbasiness Of the Uni
yersity should be ad dressed to Professor W. PAINE A.
D., PhiladeipEla, Pa.