Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-10-10
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
IF MEDICINE AND sURGER-

YNHE Philadelphia University of Medicine and
IL Surgery was organized in 1S48. Chartered by
the Legislature, February 26, 1853. Name changed
by legislative enactment to the Eclectic Medical
College Of Philadelphia in 1s6O In 1853 it pur-
chased the Pennsylvania Medical College, estab-
lished in 1912, and the Philadelphia Medical Col
lege, which had previously been merged into the
Pennsylvania Medical College. In 1884 it pur-
tees Of the separate schools united, petioned and
obtained special act Of the Legislature consoi-
dating these institutionsand changing their names
to that Of the Philadelphia University of Medicine
and Surgery, March Is, 1856. AL these various
acts published in the statutes of Pennsylvania
The cost of the building and museum was over
one hundred thousand dollars. It will be observ-
ed that the University, as now organized, is the
legal representative Of the four Medical Colleges
that it has absorbed 1t is liberal school of med
icine confined to no dogma, nor attached to any
medical clique; but embraces in its teachings ev-
erything OF value to the profession.
Sessions.-1t has two full sessions each year,
commencing on the 1st Of October, and continu-
ing until the LIST Of january its first session, and
from the LIST Of January to the 1st of April as its
second (; the two constituting one full course Of
lectures. 1t has also summer session, commen-
cling the LIST of April and continuing until August
for the preparatory branches such as Latin, Greek,
Mathematics, Botany, Zoology, Chemistry, Anat-
omy, Physiology, etc. '.Hss
$l20, or 800 for each session. For the summer or
preparatory course $25.7 Graduating fee $50. To
aid young men of moderate means, the University
has issued fue dscholarships which are sold
to first course students, for $75 and to second
course students and clergymen for $50, each con-
stituting the holder al life member, with the per-
petual privileges Of the lectures and all the teach
ings of the school. The only additional fees are
yearly dissectng and matrieulating ticket each of
The Advantages of Scholarshps- student
holding scholarship can enter the College at any
time during the year, attend as long as he chooses,
and re-enter the institution as frequently as de-
sired.
It requires no previous reading or studyto enter
the University on scholarships, hence all private
tuition fees are saved. -. =. =
Students, by holding scholarships, can prosecute
other business part Of the time.
The candidate for graduation can present him
self at any time, and receive his degree as soon as
qualified. fN -.
In case a student should hold scholarship and
not be ableto attend lectures can be transferred
to another, thus preventing any loss.
Parents guardians, or friends Of students wish
ing to purchase scholarships for them year or
more before their attendance at the University,
can secure them by advancing one-half the price,
Physicians and benevolent men can bestow great
benefit upon poor young men, by presenting them
scholarship, and thus enabling them to obtain an
honorable profession.
sicians and surgeons. The University has asso-
ciated with it large hospital clinic where every
form Of medical and surgical disease is operated
on and treated in the presence of the class.
in Ninth Street, south Of Walnut, is the finest in
the city. It's front is collegiate gothic and is a.
dorned with embattlements and embrasures, pre-
senting novel, bold and beautiful appearance
The facade is Of brown stone, ornamented by two
towers, rising to the elevation of eighty feet and
crowned with an embattled parapef The build
ing contains between fifty and sixty rooms, all
supplied with water, gas, and every other conve-
nience that modern Improvement can contribute
to facilitate medical instruction. Only five hun
dred scholarships will be issued, and as two hun
dred and fifty are now sold, those who wish to Sc
mtted by express, or a draft or check sent on any
National Bank in the United States, when the
scholarship will be returned by mail, signed by
the President of the Board of Trustees, Jos. s.
Paine, M. D. All llorders for scholarships or other
business of the University, should be addressed
to Professor W. Paine, M. b., Philadelphia. Pa.