The Opelousas courier., 1867-11-23
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
OF
Medicine and Surgery.

7ENHE Philadelphia University of Medicine and
H. Surgery was organized in 1913 Chartered
by the Legislature, February 26, 1853. Name
changed by Legislative enactment to the Eclec-
tic Medical College of Pliladclpha in 1860 IN
1868 it purchased the PENNSYLVANIA Medical Col
lege, established i'll 1912, and the Philadelphia
Medical College, which had previously been
merged into the PENNSYLVANIA Medical College.
In 1864 it purchased the Penn Medical Univer-
slty. The Trustees of the separate schools uni
ted, petltioned, and obtained special act of the
Legislature, consolidating these institutions and
changing their names to that OF tie Philadelphia
University OF Medlclne and Surgery, March Is,
1863 AL these various acts axe published i'll the
statutes OF Pennsylvania. The cost of the build
ing and museum was over one hundred thousand
dollars. 1t will be observed that the University
as now organized, is the legal representative OF
the four medical colleges that it has absorbed.
1t is liberal school OF medicine, confined to no
dogma, nor attached to any medical clique; but
embraces in its teachings everything of value
to the profession.
4Sessious.-It has two full sessions each year,
commencing on the LIST of October, and continu-
ing until the lst of January its first session,
and from the lst of January to the lst of April
as its second; the two constituting one full course
OF lectures. 1t has also Il summer session, COM
mcncing the lst of April and continuing until
August for the preparatory branches, such as
Latin, Greek, Mathematics, Botany, Zoology,
Chemistry, Anatomy, Physiology, etc.
Iichcts.-Tickcts to the full course Of lectures
$40, or 500 for each session. For the summer or
preparatory course $25. Graduating fee $50. To
aid young men of moderate means, the University
has issued fire hundred scholarships, which are
sold to tirstcOurse students for SIS and to sec
each constituting the holder Il life member
with the perpetual privileges of the lectures
| and all the teachings of the school. The only
additional fees are a yearly dissecting aud MA
circulating ticket, each Of which is S..
Thc Adcantages Of Sehotarships.-T student
holding scholarship can enter the College at
any time during the year, attend as long as he
chooses, and re-ent0r the institution as fire.
quently as desired.
1t requires no previous reading or study to en-
ter the University on scholarships hence, all
private tuition fees are saved.
Students, by holding scholarships, can prose
cute other business a part of the time
The candidate for graduation can present him.
self at an" aQd receive his degree soon
as q"
Ii lent should hold scholarship
a! to attend lectures, it can be trans.
fU. her, thus preventing any loss.
Pai. ,uardians, or friends of students
wishing /. purchase scholarships for them year
| or more before their attendance at the Univer-
slty, can secure them by advancing One-half the
price, and paying the balance when the student
enters. Physicians and benevolent men can be-
| stow great benefit upon poor young men, by pre-
senting them scholarship, and thus enabling
them to obtain an honorable profession.
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent ply
| sciaus 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.
| College Bailding.-The College building, locat-
ed in Ninth street, south of Walnut, is the finest
in the city. Its front is collegiate gothic, and is
adorned with embellishments and embrasures.
presenting novel, bold and beautiful appear
ance. The FACADE is of brown stone, ornamented
by two towers, rising to the elevation of eighty
feet, and crowned with an embattled parapet
The building contains between fifty and sixty
rooms, all supplied with water, gas, and every
other convenience that modern improvement can
contribute to facilitate medical instruction. On
ly five hundred scholarships will be issued, and
as two hundred aud fifty are now sold those who
wish to secure one should do so at once. Money
can be remtted by express, or draft OF 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. Fisher, Esq, and the Dean of the Faculty
w. Paine NJ. D. All orders for scholarships OF
other business of the University should be ad
dressed to PROFESSOR w. PAINE, M. D.,
June S-52l Philadelphia, Pa.