Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-05-30
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
OF
MEDICINE and SURGERY.

TnE Phiadalphir University II Medicine aud Surge.
ry was organized IN ISIS, Chartered rs the Lcisla-
tnrc, February ~ lSi3 Name changed by a Icgl,la-
tive enactment {" III" Eclectic Medical College Of Pin J.
adclphin IN 1850 In lSG3 II purchased tho pcnnsvlNa
mia Mc'lihal College established In 1872, aud the ph
adclphiR Medical College which he'd been prcyiuu Nv
merged into the Pennsylvania Medical College. In
1868 IL purchased tie Penn Medical University Tie
Trustees oi the separate schools united prtitiunc and
obtained special act Of the Legislature consolidating
these Institutions and changing their names To that Of
the Philaiclphia University of Medicine and surgery
March IT, 1865 All these various acts are puhls he'd
IN the statutes of Pennsylvania. The cost uf the build
ing and museum was over one hundred thousand dol
lars II Will he Observed that the University, now
organized Is the legal representative Of the four mcl
cal colleges that il has absorbed II is liberal school
OF medicine confined to dogma, attached To any
medical clique but embraces in its teachings every
thing of value 10 the profession.
SEssIoNs.-It has two full sessions each year com.
mcncng the LIST of October and continuing until the
LIST of January its first session, and from the LIST of
January to the LIST of April its second; the
shutting one full course Of lectures 1t has also
session. commencing the LIST of April and cOntnu-
ing until August for the preparatory branches, such
as Latin Greek Mathematics, Botany, Zoology, Anat-
onIy, Physiology, etc
TTcREfs-Tckcs to the full course of lecture, :I2O
or $50 for each session. For the or prepato-
ry course 50. Graduating fee $50. To aid Bou,y
II modrdte means the University has issued fire HIM
drrd schOlrchip, which sold to irst-cuurse STUDENT
for So and To sccOnl-COursc students and ccrrymrn
for $50 each constituting the holder life member
with the perpetual privileges of tho lectures, and all
the teachings of the school. The only additional fees
are yearly dssectng and matrIculang ticket, each
Of which il 81.
TuE ADVANTAGES ST. SCnoLARsmps-The student
holding scholarship enter the College at any time
during the year, attend ~ long he chooses, and re-
enter the institution as frequently MS desired.
Ii requires previous reading study to enter the
University on scholarship, hence, all private tuition
fees are saved
Students, by holding scholarships, can prosecute
other business part of the time
candidate prnsn msplf at
any time, and receive his degree qualified.
In case student should hold scholarship and not
be able to attend lectures it be transferred
ther, thus preventing any loss.
Parents guardians, friends of students Wishing to
purchase scholarships for them year or before
their attendance at the University can secure them by
when the student enters. Physicians and benevolent
men can hcstOw great benefit upon poor Young men
by presenting them scholarship and thus enable them
to obtain an honorable profession.
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent physicians
and surgeons The University has associated with it
large hospital clinic where every form of medical and
surgical disease is operated and treated in the pres
Gnce of the class.
COLLEGE BUILDISG.-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
bntteinens and embrasurcs, presenting novel, bold
and beautsful appearance. The facade is of brown
stone, ornamened by two towers, rising TO the eeva
tion 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
tribute to facilitate medical instruction. Only five
hundred scholarships will he issued and as hun
bred and fifty sold these whip wiso to
one should do o at ouce. Money can be RENTED by
express draft or check sent any National bank
in the United States, when the scholarship will he
turned by mall signed by the President of the Board
Of Trustees, Jos S. Fisher, ESQ., and the Dean of tho
Faculty, W. Paine, VI. ID. All orders for scholarships
other business of the University should be address
ed to PROFESSOR W. PAINE, NJ. D.,
Philadelphia Pa.