The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-06-05
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
OF
Medicine and Surgery,

THE Philadelphia Uniyerity Of Medicine and Surg.
cry waa organized In 1913. Chartered by the Legisla,
tive enactment 10 the Eeletie Medical College Of Phi
adelpha In lSG0. In 1858 Il purchased the Rennsylya.
mia Medical College, established In lai2, and the Pail
Rdelphia Medical Vollegc, which had previously been
1854 Il purchased the Pom Medical Universlty. The
Trustees Of 1.-THE separate schools united, petitiOned.
and obtained a special act Of 1.-THE Legislature. CONSOLE
dating these installations and changing their names 70
that Of the Philadelphia University Of Medicine and
Surgery, March Is, ls6S. All these various aets are
published In the statutes OF Pennsylvania. The coat
Of tho building and museum was over one hundred
Thousand dollars. II viii be observed that the Uni
versity, As now organized, Is tho legal representative
Of the four medical colleges that II has absorbed. II
Is q liberal school % medicine, confined TO no dogma,
nor attached to any medical clique but embraces In
It's teachings everything Of value 20 The profession.
~SESSl0Ns.-It has two full sessions each year, CON
mencing on the LIST Of October, and continuing until
the LIST Of January as It, Grst session, and from the lst
Of January othe LIST Of April as is second; the two
constituting one full course OF Lectures. IthAs also
summer session, commencing the lst Of Aprfl aud con.
tiauing until August, for the preparatory branches
snch as Latin, Greek, Mathematics, Botany, Zoology.
Chemistry, Anatomy, Physiology, etc.
TICKETs.-Tickets 10 the fail course Of lectures
$40, or $50 for each sesalon. FOR tho summer or pre-
paratory course f25. GIadating Zee $50. To aid
young Men Of moderate means, the University has Ia
sued i've hundred scholarships, which are sold 10 first.
course students, for SIS, and 70 seeond.cauTse students
and olergymen for $50, each constituting the holder q
life member, with Che perpetual privileges Of the lee.
lures and all The teachings oGihe school; The only
additional ieea are q yearly d~issecting and m~atricula-
ting ticket, each Of which Il IS.
II ADVANTAGES OF SCHOLARSHIPs.-Ths
student holding q scholarship can enter the College At
any time during The year, attend a. long as he CHOOSES,
and e-enier The Institution A. frequently as desired.
10 requires no previous reading or study 70 enter tho
University on scholarships, hence, all private tuition
fees are saved.
students, BY holding scholarships, can prosecute 9th.
er business a part Of the time,
The eahditnte for graduation can present himself At
anytime, and receive his degree As soon as qualified.
In case a student should hold a scholarship aud not
be able 10 attend lectures, II eau be transferred 10
another, thus preventing any loss.
Parents, guardians, or friends Of Students wishing
10 purchase scholarships for them a year or more be-
fore their attendance at the Universiiy, can secure
them BY advancing 0ne-half the pliee, and paying the
balance when The student enteIs. Physicians and be-
n%evOient men can bestoW great benefit upon poor
young men, by presenting them . scholarship, and
thus enabling them 10 obtain an honorable profession.
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent physicians
and surgeons. The University has associated with Il
a large hospital clinic, where every form Of medical
and surgical disease Is operated on aud treated In the
presence Of the class.
COLLEGE B~UILDING.-Ths College building, To-
Gated In Ninth street, soath Of Walnut, Is the hnest In
the city. Its front is collegiate gothic, and 4 adorned
with embellishments and ~ombasnres, presenting a nov
oil, bold, and beautiful appearance. The facade Il Of
brown stene, ornAmentedb BY two towers, rising TO The
elevation OF eighty feet and eruvnsd with an en-
bailed parapet. The building contains between any
and sixty roomp, all supplied with water, gas, and aV-
cry other convenience that modern Improvement can
70 facilitate medical instruction.. Only ave
hundred scholarships will be Issued, and AZ two hun
dred and any are now sold, those Who Wish 10 secure
one should DO ~ At once. Money can be remiited BY
express, or a draft or check sent on any National
bank In the United States. when the teholRrHhip win
be returned by mail, signed BY The President 81 the
Board Of Trustees, Joa. 8. FISHER, Esq, and The Dean
Of the Faculty, W. Paine, d. d. All orders for schol.
lan-hips or other busings. Of The Univenity, should be
addressed to Profssserw. Paine, N. D., Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.