The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-03-20
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
OF
Medicine and Surgery,

the Philadelphia Unworthy Of Medicine and Surg.
cry wAs organized in 1913. Chartered by tho Legisla.
turc, February %, 1856. Name changed. by a legisla-
tive enactment to the Eclectic Medical College Of Phil.
ajelphiA In 1850. In 1863 it purchased the Pennsylva.
mia Medical College, established In 1912, and the Phil.
adelphia Medical College, whieh had previously been
merged into the Pennsylvania Medical College. 4. In
1864 1t purchased the Penn Medical University. The
Trustees Of the separate schools united, petitionod,
and obtained q special act Of the Legislature. consoli-
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
puDished in tho statutes OF Pennsylvania. The cost
Of the building and museum was over one hundred
thousand dollars. 1t will be observed that the Uni.
versity, as now organized, IL the legal representative
Of tho 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
It's teachings everything Of value to the profession.
~SESSIoNS.-It has two fun sessions each year, com
moncing on tho LIST OF October, and continuing Until
the LIST Of January as its first session, and from the st
of January 10 the LIST Of April rs its second; the two
constituting one fun course Of lectures. 1t has also a
summer session, commencing the LIST OF April and con,
uS9ing until August, for the preparatory branches
such as Latin, Greek, Mathematics, Botany, Zoology,
Chemistry, Anatomy, Physiology, etc.
TICKETS. Tickets TO the lUll course Of lectures
$40, or $50 for each session. For the summer or pre-
paratury course S2b. Graduating fec $50. To aid
young Men OF moderate means, the University has Is
sued i've hundred scholarships, which are sold TO first
course students, for $50, and to second course students
and c~leTgymen for $50, each constituting the holder a
lie member, with the perpetual privileges Of the lee.
tures, and all The teachings Of the school. The only
additional fees arc a yearly ~dissecting and matricula-
ting ticket, each Of which IL S..
THE ADVANTAGES OF SCHOLARSHIPS.-Tho
student holding a scholarship can enter the College at
any time during the year, attend as long as he chooses,
Aad Te-enter the Institution as frequently as desired.
1t requires no previous reading or study to enter the
Universally on scholarships, hence, all private tuition
feas are saved.
Students, BY holding scholarships, can prosecute olh-
err business a mart Of tho time.
The candidate for gndvatiUh can pfoseht himself at
anytime, and receive his degree as soon US qualified.
In csc a student should hold a scholarship and not
be able TO attend lectures, It eau 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 Universally, cu1 secure
them by advancing nne-half the tiice and paying the
balance whch Tho student enters, Physicians and be-
nevOlent men can bestow great benefit upon poor
young men, by presenting them scholarship, and
thus enabling them to obtain an honorable profession.
The Faculty eh braces seventeen eminent physicians
and surgeons. The University has associated with II
a large hoaplial clinic, where every form Of medical
aud surgical disease is operated on and treated Ia the
presence OF the class.
COLLEGE BUILDING.-The College building, To-
Gated in Ninth Street, south Of Walnut, Is the finest In
the city. Its front Is collegiate gothic, and IL adorned
with embatlements and embrasures, presenting a nov
81, bold, and beautiful appearance. The facade Is OF
brown ste M, ornamented by two towers, rising to the
elevation Of eighty feet, and crowned with an en-
bailed parapet. The building contains between fifty
aud sixty rooms, all supplied with water, gas, and eV-
cry other convenience that modern Improvement can
contribute to facilitate medical Instruction. Only Ave
hundred scholarships VIII DO issued, and as two hun
drsd and any are now sold, those who wish 10 secure
me should do saat onc0. Money can be RENTED by
express, or q draft or check sont on any National
hank IA the United States, when the seholarship will
ho returned by mail, signed by the President Of the
Board Of Trustees, Jos. 8. Fisher, Esq, and the Dean
Of the Faculty, W. Paine, NJ. D.. All orders for sehol.
larships or other business Of the University, should be
addressed to ProfesserW Paine, u. D., Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.