The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1867-06-13
PHlLADEI PHIA UNIVERSITY
MEDICINE & SURGERY.
,v>uE PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY OF

Il HE PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY VI
l MEDICINE AND SURGERY was organ
lied in l84S Chartered by the Legislature,
February %. 1858. Name changed by a
legislative enactment 10 the Eclectic Medical
College. of Philadelphia. in 1860. In 1868
it purchased the Pennsylvania Medical Col
lewe. established in 1912, and the Philadelphia
Medical College, which had previously been
merged into the Pennsylvania Medical Col
lcge In 1864 it purchased the Tenn. Metii-
cal University. The Trustees otthc separate
schools united. pctitioned, and obtained
special Ac, OF the Legislature, consolidating
these Institutions and changing their names
to that of the Philadelphia University Of
Medicine and Surgery, March Is, 1868. All
these various Acts arc published i'll the stat
utcs OF Pennsylvania. The cost OF tic hu!ld-
| ias and Museum WAS over enc hundred thouS-
! anl dollars. 1t will he observed! that the
| University. as now organized. is the legal
rcnrcsenlative Of the four Medical Colleges
thst il has absorbed. 1t is Il liberal school
Of medicine, conEn,d to no dogmas. nor ut :
tachcd 10 any medical clique; but embraces in
its teachings everything OF value TO The pro-
fcsSion.
Sessious.-It has two full sessions each year,
commencing Oh the lst of October an!i con-
tinuinc until the lst of January as lis hrst
session, ani from the jst OF january TO the
1st OF april as its sccoud; the two constituting
one full course OF lectures. it has also 4
| summer session, commencing the lst o. April
anl continuing until August. Tor tho pre-
paratory branches such as Latin, Greek.
Mathematics. Botany, Zoology, Chemistry,
Anatomy, Physiology, cte.
Tcckefs.-Tlckets to the full course Of lcc-
lures $40, OF $50 for each session. For TIE
summer or preparatory course S25. Grad
uaing fee $50. TO aid y2Ung men ci mater
uic ueaAs the University has issued hte h"n-
drcd dschoLdr$hps. which arc sol'l TO irst-eourse
students, for !S775. and to second-couIse stu
denis and clrrgyimcn for $50, each constitl-
ting the holder u life member, with the per-
pc,ual privileges Of the lectures. and all the
teachings of the school. The only additional
fees arc Al yearly dissection and mutriculatlng
! ticket, each OF which is 81.
Tie .fdrantaycs Of .S:aoiay~h4S.--The sim
dent holding scholarship can enter the COL
lege any time during the year. att end as
long us he chooses. asil rp-cuter tac institu-
ton as frequently as desired.
1t requires 10 previous reading or study 10
enter the University Oh scholarships, hence,
all private tuition ices are saved
Students, by lpiding scholarships can
prosecute other businoss Il part Of the time.
he candidate for graduation can present
himself at any time, and receive his degrees
us soon as qualified.
In case n student should holl scholar
ship and not be able attend lectures, il can
te transferred to another thus preventing
any loss.
Parents, guardians. or friends CT students
wishing to purchase scholarhir isrth hem year
or more before their attendance al the Cnivcr-
s:ty. cun secure them by advancing ons-ka1f
the price aad paying the balance when Tie
student enters. Physicians and Acncvol"n'
men cam btslow great benefit upon roor
young men. by presenting them scholar
ship. and thus enabling them to obtain an
honorable profession.
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent
physicians and surgeons. The University
has associated with it Il large hospital clinic.
where every form OF medical aud sargical dis
case is operated on and treated jim presence
Of the class.
COLLEGE RrILDIxG.-Thc College building,
located in Nilnll-strcct. South Of Walnut. IS
the finest in the city. Its front is colag;atc
gothic. and is alorhcd with cmbattlcncnts
anu EttDlaS'sicS' ia SH'"'S'S 81 ''"'N' ''''
and beautiful appearance The facade Is ol
brown STONE, oriamcntcd |T two towers, II
sing 20 he elevation O eighty feet. and crown
cl with an cnbattled parape,. The building
contains hctwecn fifty a;i'l sixty rooms. all
supplied with wafer. gas, #na. every other
convenience that mptfrn Improvement can
contribute to facilitate medical instruction.
Only five hundred scholarships will be issued,
and as two hundred and fifty arc now sold,
those who wish to secure one should do so iii
once Money cln b. rc:niitel by express
or draft OF check sent on any National Eank
in the United States, when the scholarship
will be rcturncd 10y n;ail, signed bT !he
President orthc Board Of Trustees, JOSEPH
|. S. FISHER. Esq. and The Dean Of the Fac-
ultv, W. PAINE NJ. d. All orlcrs for scholar
sl;ps or other business Of the University,
should be addressed TO Professor W. PAINE.