The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-04-24
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
OF
Medicine and Surgery. =

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THR PHILADELPHIA UnivOriiy Of Medisins and Surg.
cry was organized In ls4s. Chartered BY the LsEislA.
ture, February ~, 1855. Name changed bV q legislA.
tive enactment 10 the Eclectic Medical College OF Phil
adelphia in 1880. In lSSs it purchased the PennsylVa.
mia Medical College, established In lS42, and the Phil
Adelphia Medical College, which bad pRevioualy beea
merged into the Pennsylvania Medical College. In
1896 Il purchased the Penn Medical University. The
Trustees Of the separate Schools united, pstitiOnod,
and obtained q special act Of tho LegislAiaFs. eonaoli.
dating these Institutions and changing their names to
that Of the Philadelphia University okAedicine and
Surgery, March 10, 1855. All these various acts arc
published Ia the statutes Of Pennsylrania. The cost
Of tho building and museum was over one hundred
thousand dollars. IL win be observed that The Unit
vsrsity, As now organized, ID The legal representative
Of the four medical colleges that IL has absorbed. Il
Is q liberal school Of medicine. confined 10 no dogma.
nor attached 10 any medical clique but embraces In
It's teachings everything Of value 10 the profession.
SESSIONS has two full sessions each year, com
mehelng on the lst Of October, and oontiuuihg until
the lt Of January as its 1rst session, and from iAs LIST
Of January toths LIST Of April As It's seeoAd; the two
constituting one full course Of lectures. II has also q
summer session, eommansing the iel Of April and esn-
,iSnins until August. for the preparatory bFapshSs
such a. Latin, Greek, Mathematics, Botany, zoology,
Chemistry, Anatomy, Physiology, etc.
TICkErS.-rieksts to the full course Of lectures
$40, or $50 for each sesainn. fOr the summer OF pre-.
Paratory course ie5. Gradating fee $50. To aid
young Men Of moderate means, The UniYerslty has is
sued i've hundred scholarships, which are sold to hnst.
courSr ~studcnts, for SIS, and 10 soeund-courre students
and elsrgymsn for $50. each constituting the holder q
lie member, Nith tie perpetual privileges Of the 10.
tarea, aud oil The teachings Of the school. The only
additional lees area yearly di.socting and m~AtTieula-
ting ticket, each Of which IL IS.
THE ADVANTAGES OF SCHOLARSHIPS Tho
student holding a scholarship can enter the College at
any time during the year, attend a. long as he chooses,
and rr-enter the Institution A. frequently a. DESIRE.
II requires no previous reading or study TO eater the
universally on scholarships, hence, all private tuition
fses are saved.
students, by holding scholarships, can prosecute 9th.
er business Il part Of the time.
The candidate for graduation san present himself at
anytime. and receive his degree a. soon a. qualified.
la ease a student should bold a scholarship aud not
be able to attend lectures. Il can be Transferred 70
another, thus preventing any loss.
Pareuis, guardians, or friends Of students Wishing
10 purchase scholarships for thom n year or more be-
fore their Aiienaanss at The 'Uuiysrsliy, eaa secure
them BY advancing one-half the ptiee, and paying the
Valance when the student enters. Physicians and DO.
neVoient men can bestow great benefit upon poor
yonas men, by presenting thom a scholarship, and
thus enabling them 10 obtain an honorable prnErssion.
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminrni physicians
and surgeon. The University has associated with u
a large hospital clinic, WHERE every FORM Of medical
and surgical disease Is operated on and treated In the
COLLEGE BUiLDING-The College building. 10.
Gated In Ninth Street, south Of Walnut, L. the hnast In
the city. lls front IL collegiate gothic. and u adorned
with embellishments And embTasurea, presenting nov.
bold. and beautiful appearance. The facade is Of
brown stone, oFDamcnted BY two towers, rising to the
81 eighty feet, and erDWned with an en-
natsd parapet. me bnildinE enntains between hny
sud sixty rooms, all supplied with waller, "a, and sV.
sJ other convenience that modern improvement can
rnnirbuls b facilitate medical instruction.. DULY ave
scholarships will DO issued, aud A. two hup.
aud Hny are now sold, thoss who wish TO secure
nne should do - Al INCA. Money can be remitled By
,1pness, or q draft or check sent on any National
oaak In the Uniied States, When the scholsrship viii
rriuTned By mail, signed BY the President q The
Board 81 Trustees, jos. 5. FISHER, Esq., and The Dean
u the Faculty. w. PAlae, ~ D.. All ord-Fs for sehol.
arrhipa or other business Of The univsuiiy. should be
to ProfssserW Paine, n. D., Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.