The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-03-25
misfellaneous.
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY OF
MEDICINE AND SURGERY.


TTNHE PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDI.
j CINE AND SURGERY was organized In lS4S
Chartered by the Legislature, February 26, 1883
Narae changed by legislative enactment TO the
In is6S IL purcras ed the Pennsylvania Medical Col
leee. established in iS42, and the Philad ephia Med-
cal College, which had previously been % erged into
the Pennsylvania Medical College. In 1854 1t pur.
chased the Penn Medical Univ Tsity The trustees
Of the separate schools united, pedHoned and OBJ
ained special Act of the Legislature, consolidating
these institutions and chat gng their names to that
of the Philadelphia University Of Medicine and Sur
gerry, March Is, 1865 All these various Acts are puo
shed in the statutes Of Pennsylvania The cost Of
the building and museum was over one hundred
thousand dollars. It will be observed that the Uni
versity now organized is the legal representative
of the four Medical Colleges that 1t has absorbed.
Il is liberal school Of medicine, confined to no
dogma, nor attached 10 any medical chques, but
embraces In its teaching everything OF velue 10 Ine
profession.
Sessons.-It has two full sessions each year, com.
encing on the 1st Of October, and continuing until
the lst Of January as its first session, and from the
lst of January to the LIST of April as its second; the
two constituting one full course OF lectures 1t has
also o summer session, commencing the 1st April
and continuing until August, for the preparatory
branches, such as Latin, Greek, Mathematics. Bota-
nv Zoology. Chemistry, Anatomy Physiology, etc.
ickes-Tickets to the full course Of lectures sl20
or $50 for each session. For the summer or pre-
paratory course s25. Graduating fee $780, To aid
young men OF moderate means, the University has
issued FIVE hundred scholarships which are sold to
frst-course students tor SIS. and to secondcourse
students and clergymen for $50, each constituting
the holder life member, with the perpetual priyi-
leges Of the lectures, and all the teachings CT the
school, The only additional fees are early dis
sectng and matrculatng ticket. each OF which is S..
The advantages of fSchoIdrshtps.-The student hold
inc scholarship can enter the College at any time
during the year, attend as long as he chooses and
re-enter the institution as frequently as de.ired.
It requires no previous reading or study to enter
the University on scholarships, hence, all private
tuition fees are saved. =
other business Fart OF the time. =.
The candidate for graduation can present himself
at apy tme and receive his degree as soon as quail
III; in case student should hold scholarship and
not be able to attend lectures 10 can be transferred
to another. thus preventing any loss
Parents, guardians or friends OF students Wishing
to purchase scholarship for them year or more
before their attendance ut the University can secure
them by advancing one-half the price and paying
the balance when the student enters: Physicians
and benevolent men can bestow great beneht upon
Door young men by presenting them Bchoarah'p,
and thus enabling them to OBTAIN an honorable pro-
fession.
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent physi-
clans and surgeons. The University has associated
with It large hospital clinic, where every form OF
medical ana surgical disease is operated on and
treated in the presence Of the class.
COLLEGE BuILDNe.-The College building. located
IN Ninth.sreet south of Walnut is the finest in the
city Its front is collegiate gothic, and is adorned
with embattements and embrasures, presenting o
novel, bold, and beautiful appearance. The facade
is of brown stone ornaraented By two towers, rising
to the elevation OF eighty feet, and crowned with
an embattled parapet The building contains be-
tween afty and sixty rooms, all supplied with wnter,
gas and every other convenience that modern i'm
provement can contribute to facilitate medical In
structon. Only FIVE hundred scholarships Will oe
issued, and as two hundred and fifty are now sold
those who wish to secure one should do so at once.
Money can be RENTED by express, or draft or
check sent on any National Bank in the United
States, when the scholarship will be returned by
mail, signed by the President Of the Board CT Trus-
tees, JOSEPH s. FISHER, Esq, and the Dean OF the
Faculty, ". PAINE, NJ. D. AL orders for scholar
ships or other business OF the University, should be
addressed to Professor W. PAINE, NJ. D., Philadel-
phin, Pa.