The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-07
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PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
MEDICINE AND SURGERY.

TUE UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE
i AND SURGERY was organized in 1878. Chartered
by the Legislature, February 90. 1853. Naii @ changed
by a legislative enactment to tho Eclectic N.arl .Ul Col
lege. Of Philadelphia. in 1860. In 1868 1t purclyls ed the
rennsyivanlaM Medical College. established in f3*2. and
the Philadelphia Medical College. which had previously
been merged into the Pennsylvania Medical College. BIZ
1904 1t purchased the Penn Medical University. Tic
Trustees OF the separate schools unitctl, petitioncd and
G thsss iea. g special special Act 6, of the legislature. consolidating
Philadolphia University of Medicine and Surgery,
the statutes of pe an sIsss naF'o Tbs N cost a OFF t Rs01 lu hsn IN
and museum was over one hundred thousand dollars. It
the legal representative Of the four Medical Colleges that
It has absorbed. 1t is a liberal school of medicine, con-
fined to no dogma, nor attached to any medical clique
put embraces i'll its teaching everything of value to tho
Sessions.-lt has two full sessions each year, commenc-
ing on the LIST of October. and continuing until tho LIST of
January, as its first session, and from the 1st of January
20 the LIST OF April, as its second; the two constituting ono
ful course OF lectures. 1t has also u summer session,
som Is nrsgIs the list h April i Saa continuing e,,th n until August
maenemancs,, Botany, Zoology. Chemistry, Anatomy
~1Ickes.-Tickets to the full course of lectures s12o. or
pup Tor each session. For the summer or preparatory
moderate ten means nuaI t%s WRiv 1ea sGy' has so issued s,a y "ve B' men Of
scholarships. which are sold to frst-course students for
500. each constituting the holder a lifo member. with the
perpetual privileges Of the lectures. and oil the ~teachinfts
secting and matriculatnsg ticket. each of which is IS. -
7he Advantages of Schotayships.-The student holding o
year. attend as long as he chooses, and re-enter the insti-
tuition as +. equently as de-ired:
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University on scholarships. hence, all private tuition fees
arc saved.
Students, by holding scholarships, can prosecute other
business q Part of the time.
The candidate for graduation can present himself at
any time, and receive his degree as soon as qualified.
In case o STUDENT should hold q scholarship and not be
aole 10 attend lectures, 1t can be transferred to another.
thus preventing any loss.
Parents, guardians or friends of students wishing to
Rnrcnase schoiarship for them q year or more before
their attendance at the University, can secure them by
advancing one.half the price and paying the balance
When the student enters. Pbyslcians and benevolent
men can bestow great benefit upon poor young men by
presenting them q scholarship, and thus enabling thcm
to obtain an honorable profession.
Inc Faculty embraces seventeen eminent physicians
and surgeons. The Univeraity has associated with 1t a
large hospital clinic. whete every form Of medical and
surgical disease is operated on and treated in the pres
ence Of the class.
COLLEGE BulpNe.-The College building. located In
NinSh street, south Of Walnut, ia the finest in the city.
Its front Is collegiate gothic, and Is adorned with en-
batuements and erubrasures, presenting c novel, bold.
ana beautiful appearance. The facade is of brown stone,
ornaluented by two towors, rising to the elevation OF
eighty feet. and crowned with an embattled parapet.
Inc Dullding contains between fifty and sixty rooms, all
suppned with water, gas. and every other convenience
tnat modern improvement Gun contribute to facilitate
medical instruction. Only five hundred scholarships
WILL be issued, and as two hundred and fifty are now
sold, those who wish to secure one should do 80 at once,
money can be remitted by express. or a draft or check
the scholarship will be returned by mail, signed by the
President OF the Board of Trustees, JOSEPH s.. FISHER.
Esq, and the Dean OF the Faculty, w. PAINE, M. D.
All orders for scholarships or other business of tho Uni
yeraity. should be addressed to Professor W. PAINE. M.
D., Philadelphia. Pa. LII