The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-07-10
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
OF
Medicine and Surgery.

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The Philadelphia Uniyerity Of Medicine and Surg.
cry was organized In lS45. Chartered by the Leglsla.
ture, February Ri, 1855. Name changed by a legisla.
tive enactment 60 the Eclectic Medical College OF Phil
Sdelphia in l66o. In 1858 Il purchased the Pennsylya.
MIA Medical College, established IN 1872, and the Phil.
adeiphia Medical College, which had previously been
merged into the Pennsylvania Medical College. In
1854 II purchased the Penn Medical University. The
Trustees OF the separate schools united, petitl0ned.
and obtained q special act Of the Legislature, eousoli.
dating these institutions and changing their names 20
that Of tho Philadelphia University Of Medicine and
surgery, March 10, 1865. All these various acts are
published in the statutes Of Pennsylvania. The cost
OF the building aud museum was over one hundred
thousand dollars. IL will be observed that the Uni.
versity, as now organized, is tho legal representative
Of the four medical colleges that IL has absorbed II
is a liberal school Of medicine, confined to no dogma.
nor attached to any mo0ical clique but embraces in
its teachings everything OF value to the profession.
sESSIoNS.-lt has two full sessions each year, com
meneing on the list Of October, and continuing until
the LIST Of January as Its first session, and from The Il
Of January tothe LIST Of April as its secoAd; the two
constituting one full course Of lectures. II has also a
summer session, commencing the lst Of April aud con.
tihulng until August, for the preparatory branches
such AS Latin, Greek, Mathematics, Botany, Zoology,
Chemistry, Anatomy, Physiology, etc. -
TlCkETS.-Tiekots to the full course OF lectures
1920, or $50 for each session. For the summer or pre-.
paratOry course $25. Gadating fee $50. To aid
young Men OF moderate means, the University has Ia.
sued Ave hundred scholarships, which are sold 10 drst.
course students, for s75, and to seeond-eourse students
NAa w - AANA ~ HNNs NANh NNUNhAAutluN me holder a
life member, with the perpetual privileges Of the lee.
lures, and all the teachings of the school. The only
additional ices are a yearly dlssecting and matrieula-
ting ticket, each Of which IL IS.
THE ADVANTAGES OF sCH0LARsHIPS-Tbs
student holding a scholarship can enter the College at
any time during the year, attend as long az he chooses,
and ro-enieEShe Institution as frequently As desired.
II requires no previous reading or study 10 enter The
University on scholarship, hence, all private tuition
fees are saved.
students, by holding scholarships, can prosecute 9th.
er business Il mart OF the time.
The candidate for graduation can present himself Al
anytime, and receive his degree As soon as qualified.
In case a stndent should hold a scholarship and not
DO able TO attend lectures, II -can be tansferred to
another, thus preventing any loss.
Parents, guardians, or friends OF students wishing
to purchase scholarships for thom a year or more be.
fore theft attendance at the University, eaa secure
them by advancing one-half the price, and paving the
balance when the student enters. Physicians and be-.
nevolent men can bestow great benefit upon poor
young men, by presenting them q scholarship, and
thus enabling them to obtain an honorable profession.
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent physicians
and surgeons. The University has associated with Il
a large hospital clinic, where every form of medical
and surgical disease is operated on and treated In the
presence Of the class.
COLLEGE BUILDING.-rha College building. To-
Gated in Ninth Street, south OF walnut, Is the nnsst in
the city. Its 'front.' is collegiate gothic, and is adorned
with embatlements and embrasures, presenting a nov.
81, bold, and beautiful appearance. The facade Is Of
brown st-ne, ornamented BY two towers, rising to the
ele,"sioh OF elBhty ieet, and crowned with an en-
batled parapet. The building contains between dnv
and sixty Rooms, all supplied with water, gas, aud ov-
cry other convenience that modern Improvement can
contribute TO facilitate medical Instruction. Only Ave
hundred scholarships will be issued, and ~ two hun
drsd aud any are now sold, those who wish 10 secure
one should do aAt once. Money can DO RENTED by
express, or a draft or check sent on any National
bahk In the United states, when the scholarship will
10 returned by mall, signed by the President Of the
board Of Trustees, JOS. s. Fisher, Esq., and the Dean
OF the Faculty, W. Paine, NJ. D. An orders for sehol.
larships or other business Of the University. should bn
addressed 20 Proiesserw. Paine, N. D., Philadelphia,