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PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
MEDICINE AND SURGERY

The Philadelphia University of Medi-
cine and Surgery was organized In lS4S.-
Chartered by the Legislature February 20,
1868. Name changed by Legisl alive en-
Philadelphia in 1850. In 1868 it purchased
the Pennsylvania Medical College estab-
lished in 1912, and the Philadelphia Medi-
cal College which had previously been
merged into the Pennsylvania Medical Col
lcge. In 1864 it purchased the Penn. Med
ical University. The Trustees OF the sep
crate schools united, petitiohed, and OBJ
tanned special act of the legislature, con-
soli(ating these institutions and changing
their names to that of the Philadelphia u
University Of Medicine and Surgery, March
Is. 1865. All these various acts are pub
lished in the statutes of Pennsylvania
The cost of the building and museum was
over one hundred thousand dollars. twill
be observed that the University, as now
organized, is the legal representative OF
the four medical colleges that it has alb
sorbed. Ii is a liberal school of medley lie
confined to no dogma, nor attached to any
medical clique; hut embraces in its teach
ings everything of value to the profession.
SEssIoNs.--lt has two full sessions each
year. commencing on the LIST of October
and continuing until the lst of January as
its first session, and from the 1st of Janua-
ry to the 1st of April as its second; the
two constituting one full course of lectures
1t has also summer session. commencing
the lst of April and continuing until Au-
gust, for the preparatory branches such as
Latin, Greek, Mathematics, Botany. ZoOlo-
gy, Chemistry, Anatomy, Physiology, etc
TICKETs.-.TicketS to the full course OF
lectures Sl20, or $50 for each session. For
the summer or preparatory course 500
Graduating fee $50. To aid young men OF
moderate means, the University has issued
FIVE HUNDRED SCHOLARSHIPS which are
sold to irst-colrsC students for $75, and to
second-courSe students and clcrgymcn for
$50, each constituting the holder Il life
member, with the perpetual privileges OF
the lectures. and all the teachings of the
school. The only additional fees are II
yearly dissccting and matriculating ticket,
each of which is So.
THE ADVANTAGES OF SCHOLARSHIPS
The student holding a scholarship can en-
ter the College at any time duringth The year,
attend as long as he chooses, and re-enter
the institution as frequently as desired.
1t requires no previous reading or study
to enter the University on scholarships
hence. all private tuition fccsare saved.
Students, by holding scholarships, can
prosecute other business a part of the time.
The candidate for graduation can present
hmaclf tany time and receive his degree
as soon as qualified,
In case a student should hold scholar
ship and not be able to attend lectures, it
can be transferred to another, thus pre-
venting any loss.
Parents. guardians. or friends of students
wishing to purchase scholarships for them
Il year or more before their attendance ut
the University, can secure them by advan-
cling Onc-half the price. and paying the
balance when the student enters. Physi-
clans and benevolent men can bcst0w great
benefit upon poor young men by present.
ing them scholarship and thus enabling
them to obtain an honorable profession
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent
physicians and surgeons. The University
has associated with it Il large hospital elm
ic, where every form of medical and surgi-
cal disease is operated on and treated in the
presence of the class.
COLLEGE BUILDING.-Thc College build
ing, located in Ninth street, south of Wal
nut, is the finest in the city. Its front is
collegiate gothic, and is adorned with en-
battlcments and cmbrasllrcs, prescntinua
facade Is of brown stone, Ornamcnted by
two towers rising to the elevation of cigl-
ty feet. and crowned with an embattled
parapet. The building contains between
fifty and sixty rooms, all supplied with
water gas, and every other convenience
that modern Improvement can contribute
to facilitate medical instruction.. Only
five hundred scholarships will be issued,
and as Two hundred and nifty are now sold,
those who wish to secure one should do so
at once. Money can be RENTED by rx-
press, or u draft or check sent on any Ma
.ional Bank in the United States, when the
will be returned by mail. sign
1T by the President of the Board of Trlls-
ees, Jos, ). Fisher, Esq, and the Dean of
he Faculty, W. Paine, NJ. ID. All orders
for scholarships or other business of the
University. should be addressed to Profess
'or W. Paine, Nj. d., Philadelphia. Pa: