The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-02-07
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
OF
Medicine and Surgery.

The Philadelphia Univerity Of Medicine md Surg.
cry wac organized In lS4s. Chartered by the Legisla.
ture, February u, 1855. Name changed by = legislS-
tive enactment to the Eclectic Medical College o. Phil.
adelPhia in 1850. In lS63 It purchased the Pennsylva.
mia Medical College, established In 1912, aud the Phil
adelphia Medical College, which had previously been
merged into the Pennsylvania Medical College. In
1854 1t purchased the Penn Medical University. The
Trustees Of the separate schools united, petitiOned,
and obtained q special act Of the Legislature, eoasoli-
dating these installations and changing their names to
that OF the Philadelphia University Of Medicine and
Surgery, March Is. 1865. All these various acts are
published in the statutes Of Pennsylvania. The cost
Of the building and museum was over one hnAdred
thousand dollars. 1t will be observed that the Uni.
versiiy, as now 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 the profession.
S~ESSl0NS.-It has two full sessions each year, com
mencing on che LIST Of October, and continuing antil
the LIST OF January as Its frat session, and from the LIST
Of January othe LIST Of April as its seeoRd; the two
constituting one full course Of lectures, 1t has also a
summer session, commencing the Let Of April and con
tiHuing until August, for the preparatory branches
such as Latin, Greek, Mathematics, Botany, Zoology,
Chemistry, Anatomy, Physiology, etc. "
TICkETS.-Tickots to the full course Of lectures
Sl2O, or $50 for each session. For the summer OF pre-.
paratory coarse s2S. Graduating fee $50. To aid
young Men Of moderate means, the University has is
sued FIVE hnndred scholarships, which are sold TO drst.
course students, for SIS, and to second.eourse students
and clergymOn 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 dissecting and matrieula.
ting ticket, each Of which IL IS.
II ADVANTAGES OY SCHOLARSHIPS.-The
student holding a sehulArship can enter the College at
any time during the year, attend as long as he chooses,
and re-cnteT the Institution As frequently as desired.
II requires no previous reading or study to enter the
University n sehOlanhiPSr hence, all private tuition
fees are saved.
Students, BY holding scholarships, can prsecute 9th.
er business a part OF the tiAc.
The candidate for graduation can present himself at
anytime, ana receive his degree as soon as qualified.
In case a student Shouh hold q scholarship and not
be able TO attend lectures, It 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 advaneing one-half the pIiee, and paying the
balance when the student enters. Physicians and be-
neyolent men can bestOw great benefit upon poor
young men, BY presenting them a scholarship, and
thus enabling them 10 obtain An honorable profession.
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent physicians
and surgeons. The University has associated with 1t
Elarge hospital clinic, where every form Of medical
and surgical disease Is operated on and treated In the
presence Of the elasa.
COLLEGE BCILDfNG.-Ths College building, 10.
Gated In Ninth Street, SOnth Of Walnut, Is the finest in
the city. Its front 10 collegiate gothic, and is adorned
with embellishments and embrasures, presenting a now
Ell, bold, and beautiful appearance. The facade is Of
brown stsRe, ornnmented by two towers, rising to the
elevation Of eighty feet, and crowned with an EN-.
batled nafapet. The building contains between fifty
and sixty rooms, all supplied with water, gas, and ey-
cry other convenience that modern improvement can
contribute to facilitate medical instruction. Only Ave
hundred scholarships will be issued, and as two hun
dred and hty are now sold, those who wish to secure
one should do 50 ~ once. Money can be remItted BY
express, or a draft or check sent on any National
bank In the United States, when the scholarship will
I've returned BY mall, signed by the President Of the
Board Of Trustees, Jos. s. Fisher, Esq, and the Dean
Of the Faculty, ". Paine, N. D. All orders for schOl.
larships or other business Of the University, should be
addressed to PrOfssssrW. Paine, N. D., Philadelphia,
PennsylVaniA.