The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-12-11
MISCELLANEOUS.
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
MEDICINE AND SURGERY.

rT,HE PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE
Il AND SURGERY was organized in 184S. Chartered
by the Legislature February &c. 1853. Nam changed
by legislative enactment to the Eclectic Medical Col
lege NJ Philadelphia in 1860 In 1868 it purctas ed the
Pennsylvania Medical college. established in 1872 and
the Philadelphia Medical College, which had previously
been merged into the Pennsylvania Medical college, En-
1864 it purchased the Penn Medical Univ rsity. The
trustees OF the separate schools united pedoned and
obtained special Act of the legislature consolidating
these and cha gng their to that of the
Phlladelphia University of Medicine and Surgery.
March 15 1861 All these various Acts pub he'd in
the statutes OF Pennsylvania The cost Of the ulding
and museum over one hundred thousand dollars 1t
will be observed that the University, as organized, is
the legal representative Of the four Medical Colleges that
1t has absorbed. 1t Is liberal school of medicine
fined to no dogma attached 10 any medical cliques
but embraces in ts teaching everything of value to the
profession.
Sessons-I has two full sessions each year. commenc-
ing on the 1st of October and continuing until the 1s of
January as its first session. and from the st OF January
to the 1st OF April as its seconds the two constituting
full course OF lectures 1t has also session,
commencing the lst April and continuing until August
for the preparatory branches such Latin, Greek,
Mathematics Botany, Zoology Chemistry, Anatomy
Physiology. etc.
Tcket-Tckets to the full course of lectures $780, or
$50 for each session. For the summer or preparatory
course s25. Graduating fee s30 To aid young men of
moderate means the University has issued five hundred
scholarships which sold to hrscourse students for
S75 and to secondcourse students nd cle gymen for
s50 each constituting the holder l' nber, with the
perpetual privileges of the lectures and al the teachings
OF the school, The only additional fees are early dis
secting and matrculatng ticket each of which is S.
The Advantages of fSchotdrships-The student holding
scholarship can enter the College at any time during the
year. attend long he chooses and the nsh
tuition as frequently as de.red.
It requires previous reading study to enter the
University scholarships hence, all private tuition fees
saved.
Students by holding 4oarShips prosecute other
business Part Of the time.
The candidate for graduation present himself at
any time, and receive his degree qualified.
In case suJen should hold scholarship and not be
able TO attend lectures 1t be transferred TO another
thus preventing any loss
purchase scholarship for them year or more before
their attendance the University, secure them by
advancing onehaf the price and paying the balance
when the student enters. Physicians and benevolent
men bestow great benefit upon poor young men by
presenting them scholarship and thus enabnng them
to OBTAIN an honorable profession.
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent physicians
and surgeons. The University has associated with it
large hospital clinic whore every form of medical and
surgical disease is operated and treated in the pres
ence of the class.
COLLEGE BuLDnG.-The College building located In
Ninth street. south Of Walnut is the finest in the city
Its front Is collegiate gothic and is adorned with en-
battlements and embrasures presenting novel, bold,
and beautiful appearance The facade is OF brown stone
ornanented by two towers rising to the elevation OF
eighty feet, and crowned with embattled parapet
The building contains between fifty and sixty rooms, all
supplied with water, gas and every other convenience
that modern improvement contribute to facilitate
medical instruction. Only five hundred scholarships
will be issued, and two hundred and fifty are now
sold, those wish to should do at once
Money be RENTED by express or draft or check
sent on any National Bank the United States, when
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, NJ D.
ALI orders scholarships other business Of the Uni
versity should be addressed to Professor W. PAINE NJ
d. Philadelphia, Pa.