The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-01-21
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY OF
MEDICINE AND SURGERY.

fs1HE PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY OF NEIL
Il CINE AND SURGERY was organized in 184S.
Chartered by tho Legislature February &c. 1853.
Mar. changed by u Legislative enactment to the
Eclectic aodicdl College, OF Philadelphia, in 1860
In 1868 1t purchased the Pennsylvania Medical Col
ege established in 1912, hnd the Phiad Grhia Med1-
Cal College, which had previously been u ergcd into
the Pennsylvania Medical College. IL 1864 it pur-
chuscd the Penn Medical Univ, rsi:y. The Trustees
Of the separate schools united, pcidoned and OBJ
tared special Act of tho Legislature, consolidating
these institutions and cha g1nE their names to that
OF the Philadelphia University Of Medicine and Sur
gerry Ninrch 49, 1865 All these various Acts arc pull
II he'd in the statutes OF Pennsylvania Tho cost OF
the uding and museum was over one hundred
thousand dollars It will be observed that the Uni
versity as now organized is the legal representative
Of the four Medical Colleges that ii has absorbed.
It is u liberal school OF medicine. confined to 10
dogma, nor attached 10 Guy medical cliques, but
embraces in its caching everything OF vauc to The
profession.
Sessions-It has two full SESSIONS each year, com.
mencing on the 1st OF October aud continuing until
the lst OF january, it's first session, and from the
lst OF January to the lst OIL APRIL as lts secona tne
two constituting full course OF lectures. 1t mas
also summer session, commencing the let April
and continuing until August, for the preparatory
branches such as Latin, Greek, Mathematics. Bola-
ny, Zoology. Chemistry Anatomy, Physiology, ETC.
Tckets-Tickets to the full course OF lectures Sl2O
or sGO for each session. For the summer or pre-
paratory course S25. Graduating Tee s3O. 10 AID
young men OF moderate means, the University has
issued lre hundred scholarships which are sold 10
1rst-course students tor S75, and TO secondcouree
students and clergymen for $50, cfch constituting
the holder life member with the perpetual PRIV.
leges OF the lectures, und oil the teachings OF the
school. The only additional fees are early dis
sectnG and natriculating ticket each OF which is So
The Advantages OF CSclotarsLips.-The student hold.
ing scholarship can enter the College at any time
during the year. attend as long Rs he chooses, and
re-epter the institution as frequently as de.ired
II requires no previous reading or study 10 enter
the University scholarships, hence, all private
tuition fees are saved.
Students, by holding scholarships, can prosecute
other business Fart of the time.
The candidate for graduation can present himself
at any timc and receive his degree as soon Us quail
fed.
In case q student should holl scholarship and
not be abe 10 attend lectures it caD b) transferred
TO another, thus preventing an; loss.
Parents, guardians or friends OF students wishing
10 purchase scholarship for them year or more
before their attendance ut tie University, eau secure
them by advancing onc-halt the price aud paying
the balance when the student cutters. Physicians
and benevolent men can Destow great bcncht upon
poor young men by presenting them scholarship
and thus enabling them 10 optain an honorable pro-
iession.
The Faculty embraces seventeen elninent pnysl.
clans and surgeons. The University has aSsoclateo
with il largc hospital Clinic whc,e every form OF
medical and surgical disease is Operated on anu
treated in the presence OF The class.
COLLEGE BUILDNG.-Thc College building. located
in Nlnth-stree south OF Walnut, i'd the finest in the
city. Its front IS coegiate gothic, ana ls adorned
with embattlcments and embrasures, presenting
novel, bold, ind beautiful appearance The facade
Is OF brown stone ornar9cntcd by two lowers rlsng
to the elevation OF eighty feet, and crowned with
an embattlcd parapet. The building contains be-
tween fifty and sixty rooms all supplied with water,
gas, and every other convenience that modern inn
provgment can contribute to facilitate medical In
struction. Only Eve hundred scholarships Will be