The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-10-16
THE EAST TENNESSEE UNION FLAG.
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
or
Medicine and Surgery.


The Philadelphia Unworthy Of = sditino and Surg
cry was organiaodtn le48, ChAltgred by the beglHla.
ture, February &c, 1883. Name changed BY \ legisle-
tive enactment, to the Eclectic Medical College Of Phil.
adelphia In lsG0. In 1868 II purchased she Pennsylva'
mia Medical College, established IN 1912, and the Phil.
adelphia Medical College, which had previously been
merged into the Pennsylvania Medical College. 10
1864 Il purchased the Penn Medical Upiyersiy. The
Trustees Of tho separate Schools united, peliti0ned,
and obtained q special act Of the Legislature. eOnsoli.
dating those institutions and changing their names 80
that Of the Philadelphia University Of Medicine and
Surgery, March 10, 1855. An these various acte are
published In the statutes OF Pennsylvania. The cost
of the building and museum was over one hundred
Thousand dollars, II viii be observed that the UNI
versity, es now organized, IL the legal representative
Of the four medical colleges that II has absorbed, It
Is q liberal school Of medicine, confined 10 no dogma,
nor attached to any medical clique but embraces in
It's teachings everything OF value Il th0 profession.
SESSIONS. 1t has two foil sessions each year, com
menciug on the LIST OF October, and continuing until
the LIST Of January AZ its first session, and from The LIST
Of January toths LIST Of April as its secoad; the two
constituting one full course OF lectures. II has also a
summer session, commencing the lstof April and con-
tihning until August, for The preparatory branches
such A. Latin, Greek, Mathematics, Botany, Zoology,
Chemistry, Anatomy, Physiology, etc.
TlCkETS.-Ticket to the iull course OF lectures
$50, or SG0for each session. For the summer or pre-
Paratcry course S25. G~radating fee $50. To aid
young Men Of moderate means, the University has Is
sued Eve hundred scholarships, which are sold to arst.
course students, for SIS, and 10 second courS students
aud elergymen for $50, each constituting the holder a
life member, with the perpetual privileges Of the lee.
tures, and all the teachings Of the school. The only
additional fees are a yearly d~issecting and matrieuls-
ting ticket, each OF which Il IS.
II ADVANTAGES OF SCH0LARSHIPS.-The
student holding a scholarship can enter the College at
any time during the year, attend as long as ho chooses,
and Te-enter the Institution rs 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 prosecute 9th.
or business u part of the time.
The candidate for graduation can present himself at
anytime, and receive his degree as soon as qualified.
In case a student shORld hold a scholarship and not
DO able TO attend Lectures, 1t eau be transferred to
another, thus preventing any loss.
Parents, guardians, or friends Of students wishing
to purchase scholarships for them n year or more be-
fore their attendance at the University, oaa secure
them by advancing one-half the price, and paying the
balance when the student enters. Physicians and be-
nevoleut men can bestow great benefit upon poor
young men, by presenting them q scholarship, and
thus enabling them to obtain an honorable profession.
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent physicians
and surgeons. The University has associated with u
a large hospital clinic, where every form Of medical
and surgical disease IS operated on and treated la the
presence OF the class.
COLLEGE BUlLDING.-The College building, To-
Gated in Ninth Street, south Of Walnut. Is the finest IN
the city. lts front is collegiate gothic, and Is adorned
with embatlements and embrasuros, presenting a now
el, bold, and beastlful appearance. The facade is Of
brown atene, 0rnainented by two towers, Rising TO the
elevation Of eighty feet, and crowned with an EN-.
batled parapet. The building contains between hfy
and 9iNty rooms, all supplied with water, gas, and ev-
cry other convenience that modern improvement can
ooptribnte to facilitate medical instruction. Only Ave
hundred scholarships will be issued, and as two hun
dred and Afiy are now sold, those who wish to secure
one should do 81 al once, Money can be RENTED by
express, or a draft or check sent on any National
bank IN the United States, when the scholarship will
he returned by mail, signed by the President Of the
Board Of Trustees, Jos. S. Fisher, Esq, and the Dean
Of the Faculty, W. Paine, NJ. n. An orders for schol-
larshtps or other business Of the University, should be
addressed to ProfesserW, Paine, NJ. D., Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.