The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-02-21
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
OF
Medicine and Surgery.

frs Philadelphia Univcrity Of Medicine and Surg
cry was organized in 1913. Chartered by the Legisla.
turc, February 81, 1855. Name changed by a legislH-
tive enactment to the Eclectic Medical College Of Phil
adclphia in 1850. In 1868 1t purchased the Pennsylya.
mia Medical College, established In 1872 and the Phil
adelphia Medical College, which bad previously been
merged into the Pennsylvania Medical College. In
1864 1t purchased tho Penn Medical University. The
Trustees of the separate schools. united, petitiOned,
and obtained a special act Of the Legislature. consoli-
dating these institutions end changing their names to
that Of the Philadelphia University Of Medicine and
Surgery; March 10, 1865. All these various acts are
published In the statutes Of Pennsylvania. The cost
Of tho building aud museum was over one hundred
Thousand dollars. 1t will be observed that the Uni
vrr,ity, as now organized, Is 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
its teachings everything Of value to the profession.
~SESSIUNS,-It has two full sessions each year, com
mBnrnK on the LIST Of October, and continuing until
the 1st of January "a Its first session, and from the LIST
Of January tothe lst Of april as its second the two
constituting Que mll COURSE Of lectures. II has also q
summer session, Commencing the lst Of April and con-
tisuiug until August, for the preparatory btanches
such as Latin, Greek, Mathematics, Botany, Zoology,
Chemistry, Anatomy, Physiology, otc.
TICKET9.-TiekOts TO the full course NJ lectures
sl2G, OF $50 for each. session. For the summer or pre-.
paratory coarse 825. GradatiRg fee $50. To aid
young Men Of moderate means, the University has Is
sued five hundred scholarships, which are sold to arst.
course students, for S7j, and to second-cours students
and clergynen for ESQ, each constituting the holder a
life member, with the perpetual privileges of tho lee
lures, and all the tca:h'nEs q the school. The only
additional fees ere e yearly d~iSs6cting and hstricula-
ting ticket, each Of which is s..
n ADVANTAGES OF SCTIOLARSHIPS.-The
stElent holding a scholarship Gun enter the College at
any time during the year, attend as long as he chooses,
and rc-enter the Institution Is frequently as desireG.
II requires no previous reading or study To enter the
University On scholarships, hence, oil private tuition
fees are saved.
Students, b. holding scholarships, can prosecute 9th.
rr business u part Of the time.
The candidate for graduation can present himself at
anytime, aud receive his degree As soon as qualified.
In case q student should hold a scholarship and not
he able 10 attend lectures, it can be transferred to
another, thus preventing any loss,
Parents, guardians, or friends Of students wishing
10 purchase scholarships fOPthem a year or moro be-
fore their attendance x tie University cal secure
them BY advancing one-half the price, and paying the
balance when the student enters. Physicians and be-
nryolent men can bostow great benefit upon poor
young men, by presenting them a scholarship, and
thus enabling them to obtain an honorable profession.
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent physicians
ami surgeons. Tho University has associated with II
o large hospital clinic, who're every form Of medical
aud surgical disease Is operated on and treated In the
presence Of the class.
COLLEGE BUILDING.-Ths College ~bliliing, 10,
Gated IN firth Street, south Of Walnut, Is the fus7t Ia
the city. lg mont iI collegiate gothic. ant is adorned
with eu~baflercnts ahd em3rasures, presenting a nov
Ell, bUft, snd O~cauiifuI apprarsnce, The facade Is V
brown stsnc, ornnmented by two towers, rising 10 the
elevation of eighty feet, and crowned with an en-
batled paTapet. The building contains between htty
aud sixty rooms, al supplied with wafer, gas, and ev.
cry other convenience tLat modern improvement can
contribute IN facilitate medical instruction Only Ave
hundred scholarships will be issued, and as two hum
drsd aud hny are nos sold, those Who WiEh to. seeure
one should a. ~ " oa,o. Money can be remNted by
express, or a draft or check sent on any Hstional
bank In the United Statet, when the scholarship will
BE- returned By mail, signed by the President Of the
Board Of Trustees, jos. S. Fisher, Esq., and the Dean
Of ths Faculty, ", Psine, Il. D. All orders for sehol
laTships or other business u lhs University. should b
addressed to ProfesserW. Paine, NJ. D., Philadelphia
Pennsylvania.