The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-02-14
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
OF
Medicine and Surgery,

TINS Philadelphia Univerity Of Medicine md Surg.
cry WAS organized In lSIS. Chartered by the LcgisIa.
tare, February 81, 1866. Name changed by a iegisla.
I'VE enActmtnt to the EcleUc Medical College Of Phil
adslphia In lSGO. In 1868 1t purchased the Pennsylya.
MIA Medical College, established in 1872, and the Phil.
aNelphiG Medical College, which had previously been
merged into the Pennsylvania Medical College, In
F1s64 It purchased the Penn Medical Uhiversity. Thu
Trustees or the separate schools united. p]elitioned
ana obtained a special act ofthe Legislature. consoli.
dating these institutions and c6Anpinh their Names 10
that Of the Philadelphia University of Medicine ana
Surgery, March Is, 1865. All these various acts are
published In the statutes OF Pennsylvania. The cost
81 tme building and museum was over one hundred
thousand dollars. 1t will be observed that the Uni.
Nerntty, as now organized, is the legal representative
OF the four medical colleges that II has absorbed. II
IS liberal school of medicine, confined to no dogma,
nor attached to any medical clique but embraces in
IFS teachings everything OF value 10 the profession.
SESSIONS 1t has two foil sessions each year, com
merging on the LIST OF October, and Continuing until
the LIST Of January as its first session, and from the lst
OF January tothe LIST of April al its second; the two
constituting one fun course Of lectures. Ii has also a
summer session, commencing the lst of April and con.
hHlung until August, for the preparatory branches
such AS Latin, Greek, Mathematics, Botany, Zoology.
Chemistry, Anatomy, Physiology, etc. W"
ltChEIS--rickets to the Iull course Of lectures
SEQ or $50 for each session. For the summer or prc.
paratory course SIS. Gradating fee $50. To 'aid
young Men of moderate means, the University has Is.
sued hre hundred scholarships which are uold TO first.
course students, for $75, and to second.course students
ana ciergymen for $50, each constituting the holder a
lille member, with the perpetual privileges of the lee.
tnres, and all the teachings Of the school. The only
sddllonal lees are q yearly dissecting and matricula.
THE ADVANTAGES OF SCHOLARSHIPS The
snaehl holding q scholarship can enter the College at
sn} time during the year, attend rs long as he chooses,
and fernteF the institution IS frequently as desired.
1t requires no previous reading or study To enter the
university on scholarships, hence, all private tuition
fees are saved.
Students, by holding Scholarships. can rrsccp,o 9TH
er business q part of the time.
Inc candidate for graduation can present himself at
anytime, and receive his degree As soon US qualified.
In case q student should hold a scholarship and not
no able to attend lectures, il can be transferred to
snuther, thus preventing any loss.
Parents, guardians, or friends of students wishing
70 purchase scholarships for them a year or more he.
Ioic their attendance at the University, cnl secure [
them by advancing one-half the pi ice and paying the
OlJance when the student enters. Physicians and BE-.
heYoIent men can bo>tow great benefit upon poor
young men, by presenting them n scholarship, and
thus enabling them to obtain an honorable profession.
The FacuAy embraces seventeen eminent physicians
and surgeons. The University has associated with II
4 large hospital clinic, wher- every form of medical
and surgical disease Is operated on pud treated In the
presence Of tho class.
COLLEGE BUILDINd.-Tho College building, 10.
est'din Ninth street, south Of Walnut, is the finest in
the city, Its front Is collegiate gothic, and is adorned
with cmbatlements and embrasures, presenting nov.
81, bold, and beautiful appearance. The facade l.. of
brown strne, ornanontcd by two towers, rising to The
Of eighty feet, and crowned with an en-.
balIed parapCt. The building contains between fnT
and sixty rooms, Ill spPPf6d with water, gas, and ev-
cry other convenience thst modern Improvement can
10 ~t@iitato medical instruction. Only five
hundred scholarships will be issued, and as two hun.
irsd and MY are now sold, those who wish to secure
one should do saat onco. Money can be RENTED Ly
'NprrSs' or a drait or check sent on any National
'Ank IN the United States, when tho sChnlltship will
Is returned by mail, signed by the President Of the
Board OF Trustees, Jos. 5. Fisher, ESQ, and the Dean
ts Faculty, W. Paine, ". D. Al orders for schol.
arshtps or aihcr business Of the University, shonld be
Iddresscd to Professor ". Paine, NJ. D., Philadelphia,
'eunsylvanis,