Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-08-22
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
OF
MEDICINE and SURGERY.

The rhil1ln'ph'l University Of Moi,inc anil Surge
~ on ,an,1cI m lS, Chartered Is the lrg.-,-
turc, February q, lSj3. Nnm' chan n'l ly lrgiSln-
tive cnarinrnt To the Eclectic Medical College Of Phil
adclphia In 1850 In 1863 It purchased the pruu1ylya-
mia Mcdilal College, established misc, aud the Phil
udclplia Medical College, which he'd lccn previously
merged into the Pennsylvania Medical College. In
lSG5 it purcha,cd the Penn Ncdiral University The
Trustees Of the separate schools united. prtitiuuc and
obtained special net OF the legislature consolidating
there institutions aud changing their lnIncs to that of
the Philadelphia University of Medicine and Surgery
March IL, lSG5. All these various acts arc published
in the statutes Of yvlna. The cost of the build
ing and museum was over one hundred thousand dol
lars 1t will o Observed that the University, now
organized, II the legal representative Oi the four mrd
cal colleges that il has absorbed II liberal school
of medicine confined to no ivgin attached to any
medical clique hut embraces in its teachings every
thing of value To the profession.
SEsSioNs.-It has two full sessions each year.
mcncng On the LIST of October and continuing until tho
LIST of January rs its FIRST session. and from the LIST OF
January to the lat Of April its srcomd the two CON
shutting one full course oflccturcS. II husalso sum
mcr session, commencing the LIST of Apgnnd cultnu-
ing until August. for the preparatory branches such
as Latin Greek, Mathematics, Botany, Zoology, Amt
umy, Physiuugy. etc.
TicKETs.Tic.cts to the full course Of lecture. Sl2O,
$50 for each session For tho summer or preparato
ry course go Graduating fee 100. 10 aid youlJ men
Of moderate The University has issued tire hun
bred sch0ldeh, which are sold tn rstcuurse STUDENT
for SI5, and to secOndc0use students and clcrgymcn
for $50, each constituting tho holder life member,
with the perpetual privileges of tho lectures and all
the teachings of the school, Tho only additional fees
are yearly disscctinS and mGtrculatng ticket each
of which is 50.
THE ADVANTAGES OF scHoLARsHIrs-rhc student
holding scholarship enter the College any tnla
during the year attend as long ~ he chooses and
enter the institution ~ Frequently desired.
II requires no previous reading study enter tho
University ON scholarship, hence all private tuition
fees saved.
Students, by holding scholarships, can prosecute
0thct business Il part of the time
The candidate for graduation can present himself mt
any time, and iccc.yo his degree qualified.
In Gaze Il student should ho!d scholarship and not
he ablc tn attend lectures, it he Transferred to
thcr, thus preventing any loss
Parents, guardians friends rf students Wishing to-
purchase scholarships for thcn year more before
their attendance at the VI i've sV can secure them y
advancing Oncalf the prize and paving the balance
when the student enters. Physicians aud benevolent
men can hcStow great benefit upon poor young men,
10y presenting them sOlR ship and thus enable them
to ubtain an honorable profession.
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent physicians
and surgeons Tire University has associated with il q
large hospital clinic where every form Of medical and
surgical disease operated on and treated In the pres
cnCe of the class
COLLEGE BuILDryG-7he College buding located in
Ninth street. south of Walnut is tho finest in the city.
Its front is collegiate gothic aud is adorned with
battlements and embrasures presenting novel, bold
and beautsful appearance. The facade is of brown
stone ornamcncd by two towers rising 10 the eeva-
ton of eighty feet, and crowned with an embattled
parapet. The building contains between nifty and
sixty rooms all supplied with water, gas, and every
other convenience that modern Improvement can coJ>
tribute TO facilitate medical instruction. Only five,
hundred scholarships will 10 issued, and two hun
drcd and fifty now sold, these whip wiso to
should DO ut ouUc. Money can be ramitted bv'
express draft check sent any National lanlC
in the United STATES when the scholarship will he
turned by mail signed 10y the President II the board
Of Trustees Jos :. Fisher Esq, and the Dean Of the
Faculty W. Paine. NJ. u. Al orders Tor scholarships
or other business of the University should he address
ed to Professor W. PAINE, NJ. d.,
Philadelphia Pa.