The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-04-09
PIIILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY OF
uCDTcINE AND SCRGERY

TyyEE PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY OF MED1-
l CINE AND SURGERY was organized In 1913.
Chartered by the Legislature February 2C. 1858.
Nar. changed BY leglslalVe eIaeInent 10 oao sae
Eclectic Medical College, OF Philadelphia, in l860
In 1868 1t purchased the Pennsylvania Medical Col
lece Established in iS42 and the Philad 9phin Medi-
cal College, which had previously been merged into
the Pennsylvania Medical ollegc In 1864 II pur.
chased the Penn Medical Univ rsi;y. Tne Trustees
of the separate schools united pc,itoned and OBJ
taiped special Act of the legislature consolidating
these institutions and cha ging their names 70 snat
gerry March 15 1865 ALL these various Acts are pub.
il he'd 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
yersty rs now organized is the legal representative
OF the four Medical Colleges that II has absorbed.
It is liberal school OF medicine. confined 10 no
dogma, nor attached 10 any medical cliques, but
embraces in its tcachng everything Vi 'Eiue W 'ne
profession.
Sessions-It has two full sessiops each year, com.
mencng on the 1st Of October, and continuing until
the st Of January, Us its first session. and from tne
LIST of january to the 1st oil April Its second; the
two constituting iull course OF lectures 1t lns
also Il summer session, commencing The LIST April
aad continuing until August, for the preparatory
branches, such as Latin, Greek, Mathematics. Bold
nv Zoology. Chemistry. Anatomy, Physiology. etc.
TicLes-Tckets TO the full course OF lectures STU
or $50 for each session. For the summer or pre-,
paratory course s25. Graduating Zee $50. TO AID
Young men OF moderate means, The University nus
issued five hundred scholarships, which are sold to
rst-course students tor SIS. and to second-course
students and clergymen for S50 esch constituting
the holder life member, with the perpetual pr1vi'
leges of the lectures, and all the teachings OF the
school, The only additional fees are J early dis
sectng and matricuating ticket each Of which is So
The advantages of fSchotdrShips.-The student hold
ing scholarship can enter the Couege at any tnme
during the year. attend as long as he chooses, and
re.enter the institution Us frequently as de-ired
II requires no previous reading or study 10 enter
the University on scholarships. hence, all private
tuition fefs are saved.
students, by holding scholarships, can prosecute
loaer business q Fart VI the time. .
The candidate for graduation can present hlmself
at any time, aud receive his degree US soon as quail
/ fed.
not be ube 10 attend lectures it can be transferred
10 another, thus preventing ani loss
Parents guardians or friends OF students wishing
TO purchase scholarship Tor them year or more
before their attendance ut the University, can secure
them by advancing onc.hlli the price and paying
the balance when the student enters. Physicians
and benevolent men Gun bestoT great beneht upon
poor young men by presenting them scholarship
aud thus cnapllnS them u oDIuu an nonof"oie Pio
fvssion.
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent physi.
clans and surgeons. The University has associated
with il large hospital clinic, Thele every form OF
medical una surgical disease is Operated on and
treated in ihe presence oil he cluss.
| COLLEGE BuILpNG.-lhe College building. located
in Nlut.-street south OF Walnut is the finest IN the
city, Its front is collegiate gothic, ana Is adorned
with Embellishments aud embrasures, presenting o
novel, rold, and beautiful appearance. The fucade
is @: brown slone ornal9cncd by two towers rising
to the elevation oi eighty feet, aud crowned vita
an ciubalted parapeL The building contains be-
tween ily urd sixty rooms all supplied with water,
gas and every other convenience that modern i'm
provemcnt Gun contribute to facilitate medical IN
structon only five hundred scholarships will be
issued, uni us two hundred and fity are now sold
those who wish 10 secure one should do ct ouce.
Money can be RENTED by express, or draft OF
check sent on any National Gank in the United
stutes wien the scholarship will be returned BY
mail signed by the President Of the Board of Trus.
tees JOSEPH s. FISHER, Esq., and the Dean OF the
Fuculty, W. PAINE, NJ. u. AL orders Tor scholar
ships or other business OF tho University should DC
ad ircssed to Professor ". PAINE, Al. H., Philadel
phia, Pa.