The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-09-25
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
Medicine and Surgery.

tbs Philadelphia Ualveriiy q Medicine and Surg,
cry was organized in ls4s. Chartered BY the Legisla.
ture, February IS, 1883. Name changed BY a legisla-
live enactment to the Eclectic Medical College Of Phil
adeIphia in 1860. In 1868 Il purchased the Pennsylva-
mia Medical College, established In 1872, and the Phil
adelphia Medical College, which had previously been
merged into the Pennsylvania Medical College. I'm
1854 It purchased the Penn Medical University. The
Trustees Of the separate schools united, pelitlOned,
and obtained . special act ofths Legislature, eonsoli-
dating these institutions and changing their names to
that Of The Philadelphia University Of Medicine and
surgery, March Is, 1865, An these various asss are
Published In the statutes Of Pennsylvania. The cost
q the building and museum was over ono hundred
Thousand dollars. II will DO observed that The Uni
YeEslty, as now organized, Is the loyal representative
Of the four medical colleges that II has absorbed. II
Is q liberal school Of medicine, eOnAnsd 10 no dogma,
nor attached 70 any medical enquei but embraces IN
It's teachings everything Of value tothe profession.
SESSI0NS.-It has two mll sessions each year, com
menolng on the LIST OF October, and continuing until
the lst o. january IS ils frat sasaou, and from the LIST
Of January tothe lst Of April a. its second the two
constituting one full course Of lectures. II has alsoa
summer session, commencing the 1atof April and con-
tiAatng until August, foe the preparatory branches
such as Latin, Greek Mathematics, Botany, Zoology,
Chemistry, Anatomy, Physiology, etc. "
TTCkBfS.-Tiekets to the full course Of lectures
$40, or 500 for each session. For the summer or pre-
paratory course tah, G~adAting fec $50. 10 aid
youhg aSao ! nCdsIsls MSshs, ne yniyersly has Is
cOutse students, fdS e76, and 10 Gscohd-cohrs estad6nts
and elergymen foe $50, each constituting the holder q
life msmber, with the perpetual privileges OF the loo
additional fess are 4 yearly d~iasecting and mntrieuIs-
ting ticket, each Of which Is ~
THE ADVANTAGES OF sCHOLARsHTPs.-The
Student holding a scholarship ean enter tho College at
any time during the year, attend a. long AZ he chooses,
and re-enter the Institution a. frequently as desired.
II requires no previous reading or study to enter the
g@niysrsiiy on scholarships, hence, all private tuition
Students, BY holding scholarships, can prsecnte 9th.
or business 4 part OF The time.
The candidate for graduation can present himself at
anytime, and receive bis deEres As soon As qualified.
In ease a student should bold a scholsEship aud not
be able 70 attend lectures, Il can be Transferred to
another, thus preventing any loes.
Paronts, guardians, or friends Of students wishing
TO purchase scholarships for them q year or more be-
fore their attendance At the University, cAa secure
them BY advancing one-half the pIlce, and paying the
balance when the student enters. Physicians and be.
nevolsns mon can hesloy great bensat upon poor
thus enabling them 70 obtain an honorable profession.
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent phyaiciAns
and surgeons. The University has associated with u
large hospital clinic, WHORE every form Of medical
and surgical disease Is operated on and treated il ihs
COLLEGE BUILDING.-rhe College building, 10.
Gated In Ninth Street, south 81 WRinai, 70 ths hnssl IN
ne city. lie 'front.' Is collegiate gothic, aud Is adorned
with embstlsments and ombrasdres, presenting q nov
81, bold, and bsaatifui appearance. Tho facade Il Of
brown stene, Ornamented hy tWo towers, rising 10 ma
elevation Of eighty feet, and crowned with an EN-
pH.eu pafAptt' hhe ouiulng contains bHtwoen my
and sixty Rooms, all supplied with water, "a, and ev-
err other convenisnco that modern Improvement can
contribute 10 facilitate medical instruction, Only ave-
hundred scholarships viii be issued, and as two hun
drsd aud hny are now sold, those who wish 20 secure
one should do 81 a. once. Money can b RENTED by
express, or . draft OF check sent on any National
bank In the United States, when the scholarshlp viii
b. rrtuned By mail, signed By the President Of he
Board q rIustees, Jos. s. Fisher, Esq, and the Dean.
Of thu Faculty, W. Paine, M. u, An orien for sehol.
larships er other business q the University, should be
addressed 70 PrOfssserW. Paine. N. D., Philadelphia,