The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-08-07
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
Medicine and Surgery,

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THE Philadelphia Uniyerity Of Medicine and Surg.
cry was organized in 1873. Chartered by the Legisla.
ture, February &c, 1885. Name changed by a legisla,
tive enactment to the Eclectic Medical College Of Phil
adelphia in 1850. In 1868 It purchased the pennsylya.
mia Medical College, established In 1872 and the phil
adelVhia Medical College, which had previously been
merged into the Pennsylvania Medical College. .In
1854 Il purchased the Penn Medical University. The
Trustees Of The separate schools united, petitiOned,
and obtained a special act ofthe Legislature. CONSOLE
dating these institutions and changing their names to
that Of the philadelphia University Of Medicine and
Surgery, March Is, 1865. All these various acts are
published in the statutes Of Pennsylvania. Tho cost
Of the building and museum was over one hundred
Thousand dollars. IL will be observed that the Uni
versity, as now organised, Is the legal representative
Of the four medical colleges that It has absorbed. II
is a liberal school OF medicine, confined to no dogma,
nor attached to any medical clique but embraces In
its teachings everything Of value tothe profession.
SBSSI0NS.--It has two foil sessiOns each year, com
mencing on the LIST OF October, and continuing until
the LIST Of January as lis first session, and from the LIST
Of January tothe lstof April as It's second the two
constituting one full course OF lectures. 1t has alsoa
simmer session, commencing the lst Of April and con-
tiAuing 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
$50, or $50 for each session. For the summer or pre-
p~aratory course $25. Graduating fee $50. To aid
Young Men Of moderate means, the University has ia
sued Ave hundred scholarships, which are sold to hrst.
course students, for SIS, and to seconds rse students
and clergymen for 800, each constituting the holder a
life member, with the perpetual privileges Of the lee.
tunes, and all the teachings Of the school The only
additional fees are u yearly dissecting and matrloula-
ting ticket, each OF which Is s..
THE ADVANTAGES OF SCH0LARSHIPS.-Th
student holding a scholarship can enter the College at
any time during the year, attend as long as he Chooses,
and e-entor the Institution as frequently as desired.
II requires no previous reading or study TO enter the
University % scholarships, hence, all private tuition
fees are saved.
Students, by holding scholarships, can prseeute 9th.
en- business "A part OF the time,
The candidate for graduation can present himself at
anytime, aud receive his degree as soon as qualified.
In case a student should hold a scholarship and not
be able TO attend lectures, it -ean 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, ea1 secure
them by advancing one-half the nice, and paying the
balance when The student enters. Physicians and be-
nevoient men can bestow great benefit 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 1t
3 large hospital clinic, where every form Of medical
and surgical disease is operated on aud treated In the
presence Of the class.
COLLEGE B~UILDING.-The College building, 10.
Gated In Ninth Street, south Of Walnut, Is tho finest In
the city. Its front is collegiate gothic, aud is adorned
with embatlements and embrasures, presenting a nov
ell, bold, and beastiful appearance. The facade Is Of
brown stene, ornamented by two towers, rising to the
elevation Of eighty feet, and crowned with an em-
nalVu pafdpefs Ahe DulIulng contains between nifty
and sixty rooms, all supplied with water, gas, and ey-
cry other convenience that modern Improvement can
contribute TO facilitate medical instruction. Only i've
hundred scholarships will be issued, and as two hun
dred and ffty are now sold, those who wish to secure
one should do sna al 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
De returned by mail, signed by the President Of the
Board Of rristees,Jns s. Fisher, Esq, and the Dean
0t the Faculty W. Paine, NJ. b. All orders for sehol.
lafshtps or other business Of the University, should be
addressed to ProfesserW. Paine, d.. D., Philadelphia,
/ PennHylEAnia.