The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1867-11-29
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
OF
Medicine and Surgery

the Philadelphia Unworthy Of Medicine and Surg.
ct! was organized IN ls4S. Chartered by the Legisla,
tnre' FEBRUARY N, 1865, Name changed by a logisla.
tive enactment to the Eclectic Medical College Of Phil.
adelphia in 1850. In 1863 It purchased the PennsyIva.
ma Medical College, established in 1912, and the phil
aitIphia Medical College, which had previously been
merged INTO the Pennsylvania Medical CoIIago In
1861 1t purchased the Penn Medical UNIVERSITY The
trustees OF the separate schools united. p~etitioned
ana obtained special act oftlIe Legislature. consoli',
dating these institutions and changing their names IN
tlat OF the Philadelphia University Of Medicine and
surgery, March Is, 1865. All these various acts are
Published IN the statutes Of Pennsylvania. The cost
o. the building and museum was over ono hundred
thousand dollars. 1t will be observed that the Uni-
Yersity, as now organized, is the legal Representative
Of me -FOUR medical colleges that it has absorbed. 1t
Is a liberal school Of medicine, confined TO No d,gno
nor attached to any medical clique but embraces In
ITS teachings everything Of value tothe profession.
has two full sessions each year. com
hiehClng on the lSt of October, and continuing until
the lst Of January as its first session. and from The jst
Of January tothe LIST Of April as its secoad; The two
constituting one fun course Of lectures. 1t has also
sunimer session, Commencing the lst of AnriJ ana con
uSning until August, for the preparatory branches
such As Latin, Greek, Mathematics, Botany. Zoologv.
Chemistry, Anatomy, Physiology, etc. "
TIChETs,-Iickets to the inll course of Lectures
Sl-O, or $50 Tor each session. For the summer or pre-.
paratory course $25. Gradating fee $50. To AID
Young Men Of moderate means, the University has is.
sued Ave hundred scholarships, which are soid IN 6raf.
course students, for s75, and TO second. course stnjents
and c~IeTgynen for $50, each constituting the holder a
NE member, with the perpetual privileges Of the lee.
sGISs, AnI an me teachings Of the school. The only
additional fees arc a yeatit d~isssctiug and matricula.
ting ticket, each Of which is Ii.
TIE ADVANTAGES OF SCHOLARSHIPS. The
student holding a scholarship can enter the COLLEGE Al
any time during the year, attend as long as he chooses.
and re-cntcr the institution as frequently AS desired
u requires no previous reading or study 10 enter the
University on scholarships hence, all private tuition
students, by holding scholarships, can prsecute 9th.
er business q mart Of the time.
me candidate for graduation can present himself at
""{une, ana receive his degree as soon rs qualified.
Ne able to attend lectures, It can be transfeFred IN
another, thus preventing any loss.
Parents, guardians, or friends Of students wishing
10 purchase scholarships for them a year or more be.
fore their attendance at the University. c,1 sscnrs
Them by advancing 0ne-half the price. and having Inc
balance When The Student enters Pbysicians ana he.
nsyoleht men can bestow great benefit upon poor
y,,"UE men, by presenting them n scholarship, and
mus enabling them to obtain an honorable profession.
the FACULTY embraces seventeen eminent physicians
ana surgeons. ThrUhiversity his associated with II
q large hospital clinic WHERE every form of medical
ana Surgical disease Is operated ON and ffs4ie8 q ne
presence Of the class. wv
COLLEGE ~BUILDING.-Tha College buildinp. 10.
Y. IN Ninth street, south NJ Walnut, is the finest in
inc city, It's front Is collegiate gothic. and is adorned
WIN embellishments and embrasures, presenting a nov
81, b''f, and beautiful appearance. The facsdA Is Of
ulo"n stTne, orhamcntcd by two towers, rising to the
OF eighty feet, and crowned with an EN-.
batled rarapct. The building contains between 6ftv
ma sixty rooms, all supplied with water, gas, and ey.
Try other convenience that modern improvement can
10 facilitate medical instrueti6n OpIv Az
hundred scholarships will be issaed. and as two hmm.
irHd aud nity are now sold those who wish to secure
me should do snat once. Money can be RENTED by
'NPTesS' or a draft or check sent on any National
'ank In tho United states, when the scholarship will
,r rrtuTnod by mail, signed by the President OF the
3"ard n Trustees, Jos. $. Fisher, Esq, and the Dean
The Faculty, W. Paine, NJ. D.. All orders for scbol.
lrshlps or other business Of the University, should be
'ennsyiVaHia.