The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-06-12
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
Of
Medicine and Surgery.

THE Philadelphia Uniyerity Of Medicine and Surg.
cry was organized In lSIS. Chartered by the Legisla.
ture' February -, lsSA Name changed by a legisla-
tive enactment to the Eclectic Medical College Of Phil
adelphia in lS6O, In 1868 1t purchased the Ponnsylva.
mia Medical College, established in lsi2, and the phil.
adelphia Medical College, which had previously been
merged into the Pennsylvania Medical College, In
1854 1t purchased the Penn Medical University. The
Trustees Of 1.-THE separate schools united, petitioned,
and obtained . special act OF the Legislature, eonsoll.
dating these institutions and changing their names to
that Of the Philadelphia University Of Medicine aud
Surgery, March 10, 1865. All these various acts are
published In the statutes Of Pennsylvania. The cost
OF the building and museum was over one hundred
thousand dollars. 1t will be observed that the Uni.
versity, A. now organized, Is the legal representative
OF The four medical colleges that 1t has absorbed. 1t
Is a 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,
SESSIONS.-It has two full sessions each year. com
meucing on the LIST Of October, and continuing until
the LIST Of January as Us Grst session, and from the 81
Of January tothe lst OF April As its second the two
constituting one full course OF lectures. II has also a
summer session, commencing the let Of Aprikand con.
tihuing until August, for the preparatory branches
such as Latin, Greek, Mathematics, Botany, Zoology,
Chemistry, Anatomy, Physiology, etc. -
TICKETS Tickets TO the iull course OF lectures
$3.50, or 500 for each session. For the sumner or pre-
paratury course SIS. Gnadating fee $50. To aid
young Men of moderate means, The University has is
sued i've hundred scholarships, which are sold to Arst.
course students, for SG6, and to seeond-course students
aud olergymen for $50, each constituting the holder a
life member, with the perpetual privileges Of the lee.
tures, and all the teachings Of the school. The ouly
additional fees are a yearly dissecling and matrieala-
ting ticket, each. Of which Ia IS.
THR ADVANTAGES OF SCHOLARsHIPs.-The
student holding a scholarship can enter the College at
any time during the year, attend ~ long n he eboosst
and re-enter the Institution a. frequently as desired,
II requires no previous reading OF study 70 enter the
University on Scholarships, hence, all private tuition
fees are saved. =.
students, by holding scholarships, can prosecute 9TH
VI business n part Of the time,
The candidate for graduation can present himself AZ
anytime, and receive his degree as soon as qualified. p
In easea student should hold \ scholarship and not
be able 70 attend lectures, Il can be transferred to
another, thus preventing any loss.
Parents, guardians, or friends Of students wishing
to purchase scholarships for them a year or more be-
fore their attendance at the University, can secure
them by advancing one-half the ptice, and paying the
balance when the student enters. Physicians and be-
noyolent men can bestow great beneHt upon poor
young men, by presenting them a scholarship, and
thus enabling them to obtain an honorable profession.
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent physicians
and surgeons. The University has associated with II
a large hospital clinic, where every form Of medical
and surgical disease Is oPerRted on and treated in the
COLLEGE BUILDING.-Ths College building, 10.
Gated In Ninth Street, sonth Of Walnut, Ia the finest IN
the city. Its front is collegiate gothic, and is adorned
with embellishments and embrasnTesi presenting a nov
brown stone, ornAmented by two towers.. rising 10 Inc
elevation Of eighty feet, and crowned with an EN-
batled parapet, The building contains between fny
and sixty rooms, ell supplied with water, gas, and eT.
cry other convenience that modern Improvement can
contribute 10 facilitate medical Instruction. Only ave
hundred scholarships win be Issued, and IA two hun-
dred aud my are now sold, those who Wish 10 secure
one should do n IA once. Money can be RENTED BY
express, or a draft or check sent ON Any National
bank In the United States, when the scholarship will
bo returned by mai. signed by the President az the
Board q Trustees, Jos. s. Fisher, EsqA and the Dean
Of the Faculty, W. Paine, NJ. d. Atlo7asrs for schol.
larships or other business OF the University should he
addressed TO ProfesserW. Raine, N. d. Philadelphia,
penusylvania.