The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-01-09
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY OF
MEDICINE AND SURGERY. .s3'lta

CINE AND SURGERY was organized Ii d1.75pS 755fpsS
Cnartea ed by the LegalAture. February %; 1854
Eclectn med icG College, Of Pbilsdeiphts, IN is60
In 1853 1t pufcrss ed the Pennsytvama Medtcalcol-
lege es ablshed In 1S42, and the Phtadelphis Medi-
cal College, which had previously been merged into
the Pernsylvanta Medical College. IN 1854 1t pue-
chased the Penn Medical Uninfhty. Tho Trustees
of the separate schools united. pedhoned and OBJ
tanned special Act Of the Leethature consolidating
these Institutions and cha gng their names to thas
of thp Philadelphia University Of Medicine and Sur
gerry March 15 1856. All these various Acta are pub.
nshed in the statutes OF Pennsylyanis Inc cost o.
the building md museum was over ono nunoreo
thousand dollars. It will be observed that tho UNI
yersty as now organized, 10 the legal rerreeentsye
of the four Medical Colleges that 1t has absorbed.
It is q liberal school OF medicine, confined to no
dogma nor attached to any medical chquea, bot
embraces In It's teaching everything Of va1s 70 tho
Ses,i,ns.-It has two full gesaons each year, COM
menc1a on the lst Of October, and continuing until
the ls Of January, Its first session, and fcm tho
lat of January to the LIST OF April as is second; the
two constituting one full course OF leoeurea nas
also q summer session, commanding the LIT April
and continuing until August for tho preparatory
branch es, such as Latin, Greek Mathematics, BOA
nv Zoology, Chemistry, Anatomy, Physiology, etes
Tick r,SNckets to the full course OF lecturea $40
or ss0 for each session. For the summer of pro.
paratory course $25, Grsudating fee $50. To aid
Young men OF moderate means, the UnaverUty nas
Issued Ave hundred scholarships, which are sold TO
stude1.ts and clergymen for $50, each constituting
the holder Life member, with the perpetual priyi.
leqes Ct the lectures, and all the teachings OF the
school The only additional fees are yearly dis
sectns and matrculatng ticket each o. which Is -.
The Advantages of Scholarships. .-The student hold
ing scholarship can enter tbs College ss suyt time
durtrt the year, attend as long he chooses, and
re-entsr the institution az frequently rs ,de.tred.
It requires no previous resdhng or study to enter
the University on scholarships, hence, Al private
tuition fees are saved
Students, by holding scholarships, can prosecute
other business Part Of the time.
The candidate Tor graduation can present himself
at any time, and receive bis degree as soon a. quan'
In case a student should hold Q scholarship and
not b. able to attend lectures, IL can be snssrred
TO another thus preventing any loss.
Par anita guardians or friends Of students wishing
| to uuschase scholarship for them year or moro
beior, their attendance at the University can secure
them by advancing one.hah the price and paying
| the balance when the student enters. PhyBlcaans
| and benevolent men can bestow great benent upon
moor young men by presenting them scholarship,
and taus enabling them to obtain an honorable pro
fessicn.
Tho Faculty embraces seventeen eminent phyd.
clans and surgeons. The University has easoctated
with It large hospital Clinic where every form Of
medical and surgical disease La operated ON and
| treatsd in the presence OF the class. .asite
COLLEGE BUILDNd.-The College building located
in Nnth-street south of Walnut Is the finest IN the
city Its front Is collegiate gothic, and is adorned
with embattements and embrasures, presenting q
nove;, bold, and beautiful appearance. The facade
Is of brown stone ornsraentod by two towers, rEne
to the elevation OF eight, feet, and crowned with
an embattled parapet The building contains be-
tween fifty and sixty rooms, all supplied with water.
gas, and every other convenience that modern I'm.
| proyament can contribute to facilitate medical In
| strurition. Only FIVE hundred scholarships win be
issued, and as two hundred and fifty are now sold.
thosa who wish to secure one should do 30 at once
| Money can be remltted by express, or draft on
| CHECK sent on any National Bank In the United
States, when the scholarship viii be returned BY
mail signed by the President Of the Board Of Trus
tees JOSEPH s. FISHER, Esq, and the Dean Of tha
! Faculty, w. PAINE, N. D. All orders for scholar
ships or other business of the University should bf
addressed to Professor W. PAINE, n. D., Philadsl
| phia Pa.