The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-12-06
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
MEDICINE AND SURGERY.

yT,HE PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE
l. AND SURGERY was organized in 1s4S. Chartered
by the Legislature February 26. 1853 Mar changed
by legislative enactment to the Eclectic Medical COL
lege OF Philadelphia in 1860 In 1868 prctas ed tha
Pennsylvania Medical college, established In is42 and
the Philadelphia Medical College, which had previously
been merged into the Pennsylvania Medical college. In
1864 it purchased the Penn Medical Univ rsi;y. Tho
Trustees OF the separate schools united peioned and
obtained srcia Act Of the legislature, consolidating
these institutions and cha 1ng their names to that OF tho
Philadelphia University OF Medicine and surgery.
March 16 1866 AL these various Acts are pubn hed IN
the statutes Of Pennsylvania The cost OF the uldng
and museum was one hundred thousand dollars. II
will be observed that the University as now organized s
the legal representative of the four Medical Colleges that
Il has absorbed It is liberal school of medicine
fined to no dogma attached 10 any medical clques,
but embraces in It's teaching everything Of value TO tha
profession.
Ses;ons-It has two full sessions each year. commenc
ing on the lst of October ana continuing until the LIST OF
January its first session. and from the LIST OF January
to the LIST OF April its second; the two constituting one
full course of lectures It has also session,
commencing the 1st April aad continuing until August
for the preparatory branches such as Latn dreek,
Mathematics, Botany, Zoology, Chemistry Anatomy
Physiology etc. an,
iicket~Tckets to the full course Of lectures s2o. or
$50 for each session. For the summer or preparatory
course S25. Graduating tee $50. 10 aid young men OF
moderate means the UniversJ has issued hve nundrd
scholarships which sold rstcourse students tor
s75 and to secondcourse stuGeuts and cergymen ZOE
$50 each constituting the holder e member, with the
perpetual privileges Of the Lectures and al the
OF the school, The only additional tees are early dis
Socttng and matrculatnB tcKet eacH oI WHICH - -.
The Advantages of fSchoarhipi-rhe student holoinS
scholarship enter the College at any time during tne
year. long he chooses and reener the lnso
tuition f.equer.y as de-red
1t requires previous reading or study to enter the
University Scholarships, hence all private tuition feea
saved. AZ, .
students by holding scholarships, can prosecute other
business Eart OF the ume.
The candidate Tor graduation can present himself at
any time and receive his degree soon as quaIhed
In stu en should hold scholarship and NOT %
lnhl IL transferred 70 aQOLQeI
thus preventing anJ loss
Parents guardians or friends Of students wishing 70
rchase scholarship them year or more before
their attendance at the University can secure them oy
advancing onehah the price and paying the paiauoe
when the student enters. Pbyscians and oeneVoient
men can bestow great benefit upon poor young men py
presenting them scholarship, and thus enabling them
to OBTAIN an honorable profession.
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent pnyscian1
and surgeons The University has associated with It
large hospital clinic, whele every form OF meoca aao
surgical disease Is operated on una treated IN ne pres
ence OF The class.
COLLEGE BUuDNa.-The College building, located In
Ninth street. south Of Walnut Is the finest IN the cls
Its froa is collegiate gothic and Is adorned with en-
battlements and embrasures presenting novel, noio,
and beautiful appearance The facade ID OF brown stone
ornaraented by towers, rising to the elevation OF
eighty teet and crowned with an emoatuea pasaPsii i
The building contains between fifty and sixty rooms al
supplied with water gas, and every other conVenence
that modern improvement can contribute 70 facnlate
medical IL structon. Only i've hundred schoiarshps
Will be Issued, and two hundred and hity are now
Sold those wish to secure should do SO at once
Money can be RENTED by express, or draft or cneeS
sent on any National Bank the United States W9en
the scholarship will be returned by ma, signed py ZIG
President OF the Board OF Trustees JOSEPH S FIshER
Esq, and the Dean OF the Faculty, W.. PA1NE. M; "
All orders Tor scholarships other business OF the On
versity should be addressed to Professor W. fAlNE IL
| D., Philadelphia, Pa.