The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-03-27
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
OF
Medicine and Surgery.

TRR Philadelphia Univsrity Of Medicine and Surg
cry was organized In Is4s. Chartered BY she Legisla-
turs, February &c, 1855. Name changed by a legisls-
tive enactment 60 she Eclectic Medical College Of Phil
Aaelphia In 1850. In 1858 Il purchased the PennsylvA.
ala Medical College, established In ls42, aud the PHIL
Adelphia Medical College, which bad previously been
merged into the Pennsylvania Medical College. In
1854 Il purchased tho Penn Medical University. The
Trustees Of tho separate schools united, pslitioned.
and obtained q special act ofthe Legislature. eonsoli-
dating these Institutions and changing their names 10
that Of tho Philadelphia University of Medicine and
Surgery, March Is, 1855. All these various acts arc
published In the statutes Of Pennsylvania. The cost
/ Of tho building and museum was over one hundred
Thousand dollars. IL viii be observed that the Uni
versity, as now organized, is tho legal representative
Of the four medical colleges that Il has absorbed. II
10 a liberal school Of medicine, confined to no dogma.
nor attached TO any medical clique; but embraOCs In
its teachings everything Of value tothe profession.
sESsIQNS.-Tt BIAS two foil sessions each year, com
tho Let o. January as its hrt session, and from the LIST
OF January TO the lst Of April rs It's seeoRd; tho two
constituting ono full course Of Lectures. has also a
snmmef session, commencing the LIST Of April and con-
tiAulng until August, for the preparatory branches
auch as Latin, Greek, Mathematics, Botany, Zoology,
Chemistry, Anatomy, Physiology, etc.
TICKETs.-Ticke TO tho full course Of lectures
$40, or 500 Tor each session. For the sumner or pre-
paratOry course SIS. Gradating fee $50. To aid
young Men Of moderate means, The University has Is
sued ave hundred scholarships, which arc sold TO hnt.
course students, for SIS, and to second course students
and elOrgymsn for $50, each constituting tho holder a
life member, with the perpetual privileges OF tho lee
inres, aOd all the teachings Of The school; The only
additional fees are a yearly d~issseting and mstrieulA-
tbs ADVANTAGES OF sCuoLARsHIPs.-The
student holding = 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 desired.
II requires no previous reading or study TO enter tho
Uuiversiiy on scholarships, hence, all private tuition
fees are saved.
.students, BY holding scholarships, can prosecute 9TH
or business a part Of The time.
The candidate for graduation can present himself At
anytime, and receive his degree a. som as qualified.
In case a student shonld hold a Scholarship aud not
be able 10 attend leetuns, u can DO transferred to
another, thus preventing any loss.
Parents, guardians, or friends Of students wishing
to purchase scholarships for them a year or more bo-
fore their attendance At the University, eal secure
them by advanctng ne-haifs the pIiee, and paying The
balance when the student entsrs. Physicians and be-
nevolenr men can bsstow great benefit upon poor
young men, by presenting them a scholarship, and
thas enabling them 10 obtain an honorable profession.
The Faculty embraces ~asventeen eminsDt physieiAns
and surgeons. The University has associated with u
AlArge hospital ellnie, where every form Of medical
and surgical disease Is operated on and treated In the
presence OF the class.
COLLEGE DUILDfNG.-Ths College building, 10.
eated in Ninth Street, south Of walnut. Is the finest In
the city. ls mont 10 collegiate gothic, and % adorned
with embellishments and embrasures, pressntinga nov.
Of, bold, and beautiful appeanneo. The facade Is Of
brown stsne, ornAmenfedb ~ two towers, rising tothe
elevation q eighty feet, and crowned with an EN-.
bAtlsd parapst. The bailding contains between ATTY
aud sixty rooms. all supplied with wafer. gas, and eE.
cry ether convenience that modern improvement can
conlrtbuts n facilitate medical Instruction.. Only ave
hundred scholarshlps viii be issued, aud a. two hun
drsd and hfy are nov sold, those Who Wish 70 sccure
one should do Nat once. Macy can Be romitied By
express. or . drat or cheek sent on any National
bank In the Unllsd States, when the s~cbelHship VIII
b rsturped b. mail, signed By the President q the
Beard o. Tustees, Jos. s. Fisher, Esq, ana the Dean
% the Faculty, W. Paine, ". D. An orders for pebol.
addressed to Profsissrw, Paine, N. D., Philadelphia,
Pennsylvanh.