The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-07-03
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
on
Medicine and Surgery.

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THE Philadelphia uaiyerlty of Medicine and surg.
cry was organized ih Isis. Chartersd BY the Legisia.
tnre, February 81, lSaS. Name changed hy q ieeisla.
tive enactment TO tho Eclectic Medical College Of Phil.
adelphia In lsoo. In lS69 u purchased tho Pennsylva I
MIA Medical College, established la 1919, aud tho Phil
adeiphia Medical college, which had previously been
merged into the Penhsylvania Medical College. In
1864 Il purchased the Penn Medical ubiversiy. The
Trustees Of THE separate schools united, petltiOned.
and obtained a special act OF the uegisniure, c~onsali.
dating these institutions andchanglnR their names 10
thai 81 the Philadelphia University Of Medicine and
Surgery, March IS, 1906. An these various acts are
published In the statutes Of Pennsylvania. The cost
Of the building aud museum was over one hundred
Thousand dollars. II viii be observed that the Uni
vensity, as now 9rgapi1ed, Is tho legal representative
Of the fopr medicaiculleEes that II has absorbed. II
Is q liberal school Of medicine, conhned to no Dogma,
nor attached 20 any medicI clique; bul embraces In
Us teachings everything q value sothe profession.
~SESSIONS.-It has two foil sessions each year, com
mencing on the lst Of October, and ooutinuinR until
the LIST Of January As Its first session, and from Ire list
Of January tothe LIST Of April as lie second; the two
constituting one full course Of lectures. II has also
summer session, Commencing the lst Of April and con-
dnuing until August for the preparatory branches
such as Latin, Greek, Mathematics, Botany, Zoology,
Chenistry, Anatomy, Physiology, ssc. 80
TICKETs.-Tickets TO the null course Of leeturea
$40, or S6Ofor each session. For tho summer o. pre-
paratuTy course s26, Graduating fee $40. To aid
young Meme OF moderate means, tho Universally has is-
sued hfe hundred scholaEships, which are sold 60 Grsi-
course students, f6r S7a and 10 ond-eouEsestud
Nnd elergymen br $50, each constituting tbs holder a
hic member, with the perpetual privileges Of The lee.
tures, aud all the teachings Of the school. The 0nly
additional feesAEc . yearly d~lsserting and matricula-
ting ticket, each % which IL ~.
THE ADVANTAGES or SCHObARsHIrS,-The
student holding a scholarship can enter the College a.
any time during the year, attend rs long a. he chooses,
and rc-Nnter the i~nsliiation "a frequently a. desreG.
II requires no previous reading or study 10 enter che
University on scholarships, hence, all private tuition
Students BY holding scholarships, can prosecute eth
er business a part al the time.
The candidate for graduation can present himself at
anytime, and receive his degree a. soon "a qualified.
Ia case a student should hold a seholarShip And not
be- able to attend lectures, II -ean be transferred to
another, thus preventing any loss
Parents, guardians, or friends Of students Wishing
10 parchase scholarships for hem a year or moro be-
fore iheir attendance at the University, caa secure
them by advancing one-half tho pIiee, and paying the
balance when tho student eDisra. PhysieiAns and be-
nevoient men can bestow great beneat upon poor
youns men, BY presenting themA scholarship, aud
thus enabling them 10 obtain an honorable profession.
The FACULTY onbnaees seventeen eminent phyEeians
and surgeons. The Universiiy has associated with u
large hoapith clinic, where every form OF medical
and Surgical disease Is operated on aud treated In the
presence Of tho class.
Gated 10 Ninth Street, south Of Walnut, sthe hneseln
the city. Its front Is collegiate gothic. and ia adorned
with embellishments and embrasurrs, presenting a nov
81, bold, aud beautiful aPPeanneo. The facade Is Of
brown stene, ~ornamented by two towers, rising TO the
elevation Of eighty feet, and crowned with an EN-
bAtled parapst. The building contains between 1ny
and sixty Rooms, all supplied with water, gas, and sV-
cry other convenience that modern improvement can
contribute to facilitate medical instruction. Only Ave
hundred scholarships WI be issued, and " two hun
dEed and my are now sold, those Who wish 70 secure
one should do 50 az once. Money can b remi,ted BY
expross, or Z draft or check sent on any National
bank n.the United states, when tho scholarship will
BE- returned BY mall, signed by the President " the
Board Of Trustees, yoa S. FISHER, Esq, and the Dean
Of The Faculty, W, Paine, NJ D. All orders Tor schoi-
larships or other business Of tho University, should be
addressedt to ProfesserW. Paine, Nd, philadelphia,
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