The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-08-21
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
OF
Medicine and Surgery.

THS Philadelphia Univerily Of Medicine and Surg.
cry WAS organized in ls4s. Chartered by the Legisla-
ture, February s6, 1885. Name changed BY 4 lcgisla-
tive enactment to the Eclectic Medical College Of Phil
Adelphia In 1880. In lS63 Il 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 Il purchased the Penn Medical University, The
Trustees Of the separate schools united, petitioned,
and obtained o special act Of the Legislature. CONSOLE
dating these institutions and changing their names to
that Of the Philadelphia University Of Medicine and
Surgery, March rs, 1855, All these various acts are
published In the statutes Of Pennsylvania. The cost
Of the building aud museum was over one hundred
Thousand dollars. IL will he observed that The Uni
versity, as now organized, Is the legal representative
Of the four medical colleges that Ii has absorbed. It
Is a liberal school Of medicine, confined 10 no Dogma,
nor attached 10 any medical cliaue bot embraces In
its teachings everything Of value to the profession.
S~ESsI0NS.-lt has two foil sessions each year, com
meneing on the LIST Of October, and continuing until
the LIST Of January as is first session, and from the 1t
Of January tothe LIST Of April a. Its second; the two
constituting one full course OF lectures. II has also =
summer session, commencing the lst Of April aud con-
tiAuing until August, for the preparatory branches
such As Latin, Greek, Mathematics, Botany, Zoology,
Chemistry, Anatomy, Physiology, etc.
TICKETS.-Tiekets to the full course Of lectures
$3.50, or 500 for each session. For the summer or pre-
%parAtory course S2S. GradAtinR fee $50. To ala
young Men Of moderate means, the University has Ia
sued five hundred scholarships, which are sold 10 hrst.
course students, for SIS, and TO seeond-eourse students
and eleTgymen 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 are a yearly dlSsectlng and mA,rieula-
ting ticket, each Of which is IS.
II ADVANTAGES OF SCHOLARSHIPS The
student holding q scholarship can enter the College at
any time during the year, attend As long as he chooses,
and Te-enteT the Institution a. frequently as desired.
It 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
er business a part Of the time.
The candidate for graduation can present himself Al
anytime, and receive his degree a. soon as qualified.
In case n student should bold a scholarship aud not
be able TO attend lectures, II can be transferred TO
another, thus preventing any loss.
Paren,s, guardians, or friends Of students wishing
to purchase scholarships for them a year or more bo-
fore their attendance al the University. cal secure
them by advancing one-half the piiee, and raging the
balance when the student enters. Ply sicians and be-
neVolent men can bestow great beneat upon poor
Young men, by presenting them a scholarship, and
thus enabling them TO obtain an honorable profession.
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent physicians
and surgeons. The University has associated with Il
4 large hospital clinic, where every form Of medical
and surgical disease Is operated on and treated In the
COLLEGE B~UILDING.-The College building, To-
Gated in Ninth Street, south Of Walnut, Is The anest In
The city. It's front Is collegiate gothic, aud is adorned
win emoaiiements and embrasures, presenting a nov
81, bold. and beaEtifui appearance. The facade Is Of
brown stsne, ornAmented by two towers, rising TO the
elevation Of eighty feet, and crowned with an EN-.
batled paraPet. The b~0ilding contains between any
and sixty ruoms, all supplied with wafer, gas, and eV.
cry other convenience that modern Improvement can
contribute 10 facilitate medical instruction. Only 1--WE
hundred scholarships will be issued, and ~ two Hmm
dred and Bny are now sold, those who wish 10 secure
one should do 81 onco. Money can be RENTED BY
express, or a DRAFT or check sent on any National
bank In the United States, when the scholarship will
Be- returned BY mai, signed BY the President Of tho
Board Of Trustees, jos. 8. Fisher, Esq., and the Dean
Of the Faculty, W. Paine, N. d. All oTiers for sehol
larships or other business Of the University, should bs
addressed TO Professor W. Paine, N. D., Philadelphia
Pennaylvania.