The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-02-28
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
OF
Medicine and Surgery.

The Philadelphia Univerlty Of Medicine and Surg
cry was organized in 1913. Chartered by the Legisla.
ture, February &c, 1855. Name changed BY a lcglsla-
tive enactment to the Eclectic Medical College OF Phil
adelphia In 1890. In lS63 1t purchased the Pennsylva.
mia Medical College, established In 1912, and the Phil
adelphia Medical College, which had previously been
merged into the Pennsylvania Medical College. In
1854 it purchased tho Penn Medical University. The
Trustees OF the separate schools united, petitioned,
aud obtained \ special act of the Legislature. CONSOLE
dating these installations and changing their names to
that Of the philadelphia University Of Medicine and
Surgery, March Is, 1866. All these various acts are
published In the statutes OF Pennsylvania. The cost
Of the building and museum was over one hundred
Thousand dollars. IL win DO observed that the Uni
verslty, aSnow organized, Is the legal representative
Of the four medical colleges that II has absorbed. It
is a liberal school Of medicine, confined to no dogma,
nor attached to any medical clique but embraces In
its teachings everything Of value to tho profession.
SESSTONS.-It has two full sessions each year, com
menelng on the LIST Of October. and continuing until
the lt Of January as Its first session, and from the LIST
Of January totho LIST Of April rs its second the two
constituting one full course Of lectures. 1t has also q
summer session, commencing the lst Of April and con-
tiAuiug until August, for the preparatory branches
such as Latin, Greek, Mathematics, Botany, Zoology,
Chemistry, Anatomy, Physiology, etc.
TICKETS.-rickets 10 the full course Of lectures
$40, or SEQ for each se~sion. For the summer or pre-
young Men Of moderate means, the University hAs is
sued ave hundred scholarships, which are sold TO frat.
course students, for 50, and 70 second course stGdentS
and clergymon for $50, each constituting the holder a
life member, with tho perpetual privileges Of the lee
lures, and all the teachings Of the school. The only
additional fees arc 3 yearly dbssecting aud matricula-
ting ticket. each OF which Ia IS.
HI ADVANTAGES OF SCH0LARSHIPS.-The
student holding a scholarship can enter the College at
any time during the year, attend as long as he chooses,
and re-enter the Institution A. frequently As desired.
II requires no previous reading or study TO enter the
University on scholarships, hence, all private tuition
fees are saved.
Students, by holding scholarships, can prosecute 9TH
or business a part Of the time.
The candidate for graduation can present himself At
anytime, and receive his degree as soon as qualified.
In case a student should hold a scholarship aud not
be able to attend lectures, It can be transferred to
another, thus preventing any loss.
Pzrents, guardians, or friends Of students Wishing
to purchase scholarships for them q year or more bo-
fore their attendance at the University, ea1 secure
them by advancing ono-half the pIiee, and paying the
balance whom the 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 embraces seventeen eminent physicians
and surgeons. The University has associated with II
alargo hospital clinic, where every form Of medical
and surgical disease Is operated on and treated In the
COLLEGE DUILDISG.-Tha College building, To-
Gated In Ninth Street, south NJ Walnut, Is the finest in
the city. Its front is collegiate gothic, and Is adorned
oil, bold, and beautiful appearance. The facade Is Of
brown st-ne, %ornAmented by two towers, rising to the
elevation OF eighty feet; and crowned with an en-
batlrd parspet. The building contains between fifty
and sixty rooms, all supplied with water, gas, and ev-
cry other convenience that modern Improvement can
contribute IN facilitate medical instruction. Only Ave
hundred scholarships will be issued, and As two hun
drsd and 1ny are now sold, those who wish to secure
one should DO y at once. Money can be RENTED by
express, or q draft or check sent on any National
bank In the United States, when the scholarship viii
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 II the University, should be
addressed to Professor W. Paine, N. D., Philadelphia,
PENNSYLVANIA.