The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-03-06
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
OF
Medicine and Surgery.


The Philadelphia uuiyerity Of Medicine and Surg
cry was organized in iS4s, Chartered by the Legisia-
ture, February ad, 1855. Mamie changed by = legisla-
tive enactment to the Eclectic Medical College Of Phil
adelphta in lS6Q. In 1868 II purchased the Pennsylva-
mia Medical College, established in 1912 aud the Phil
adclphia Medical College, which had previously been
merged into the Pennsylvania Medical College. In
1864 II purchased the Penn Medical University. Tha
Trustees Of the separate schools united, petitiOnod,
and obtained a 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, 1868. All these various acts are
published in the statutes Of Pennsylvania. The cost
Of the building and museum was over one hundred
Thousand dollars. 1t will be ohseI we'd that the Uni-
verSity, as now organized, Is the legal representative
Of the four medical colleges that IL has absorbed. 1t
is q libenl-school Of medicine, confined to no dogma,
nor attached TO any medical clique but embraces in
its teachings everything Of value to the profession,
SESSI0AS.-I has two full sessions each year, com
menciug on the LIST Of October. and continuing until
the LIST Of January as Its first session, and from the LIST
Of January tothe LIST Of April as Its second; the two
constituting one full course Of lectures. II has also a
summer session, commencing the LIST Of April and con-
tiAuing until August, for the preparatory branches
such as Latin, Greek, Mathematics, Botany, Zoology,
Chemistry, Anatomy, Physiology, etc.
TlCRETS.-Tickets to the fall course Of lectures
$40, or So for each session. For the summer or pre-
paratOry course 80. Gradatiug fee $50. To aid
young Men Of moderate means, tire University has is
sued i've hundred scholarships, which are sold to first.
course students, for S75, and to second-oourse students
and clergypen for $50, each constituting the holder a
life member, with the perpetual privileges Of the lee
lures, and all the teachings Of the school. The only
additional fees are a yearly dissscting and matricula-
ting ticket, each or which Is IS.
THE ADVANTAGES OF SCHOLARSHIPS The
student holding a scholarship can enter the College at
any time during the year, attend a. long ne he chooses,
and re-enter the institution as 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 prsecuts 9TH
er business a part Of the time.
The candidate for graduation can present himself at
anytime, and receive his degree a. soon as qualified.
In case a student should hold a scholarship aud not
be able TO attend lectures, Il can 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 University, ca1 secure
them by advancing one-half the pI Toe, aud paying the
balance when the student enters. Physicians aud be.
ncyolent men can best0w great benefit upon poor
young men, by presenting thema scholarship, and
thus enabling them to obtain an honorable profession.
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent physicians
and surgeons, The University has associated with It
a large hospital clinic, where every form Of medical
and surgical disease Is operated on and treated in the
presence OF the class.
COLLEGE BU~GLDING.-The College building, 10.
Gated IN Ninth Street, south Of Walnut, l. the finest in
the city. Its trout Is collegiate gothic. and IL adorned
with embatlemenPs and embrasures, presenting a nov
ell. bold. and beautiful appearance. The facade is OF
brown Ft-ne, ornamented by two towers, rising to the
elevation Of eighty FEET and crowned with an EN-.
batled parapet. The building contains bet " ecu fifty
and sixty Rooms, all supplied with water, gas, and ev-
cry other convenience that modern improvement can
contribute 10 facilitate medical instruction. Only ave
hundred scholarships will be issued, and a. two hun.
1T"d and fifty are now sold, those who wish to seeura
one should do 50 Al once. MONIES can be remitfed by
express, or a draft or check sent on any National
bank la the United Suites, when the sehnlarship will
b. returned by mail, signed by the President Of the
Board Of Trustees, Jos. 9. Fisher, ESQ, and the Dean
Of the Faculty, W. Paine, NJ. u. An orders for schol.
llrships or aiisr business of the University should be
addressed 70 ProfesserW W. Paine, N. D., Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.