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PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
MEDICINEAND SURGERY

The Philadelphia University of Mcd,
cine and Surgery was organized in 1S SS"l'
Chartered by the Legislature February o.
1888. Name changed by legislative c Nv
actment to the Eclectic Medical Colr,e ~,
Philadelphia in 1850. In 1863 it purchased
the Pennsylvania Medical Collrye r.t,I'
lished in 1912, and the PHILADELPHIA MrJi.
cal College which had previously hnnn
merged into llIePcnnsylvania MedicalIoi.
lege. In 1864 it purchased the Penn. Med.
icul University. The Trustees OF fine .en.
crate schools united. pettioned. and oh.
taineda special act of the Legislature con-
|sOlidating these institutions and chanoino
theirnames TO that of the Phla,lclphin H.
University of Medicine and Surgery, Mnrrb
Is. 1865. All these various acts are nuh.
lished in the statutes of PENNSYLVANIA
The cost of the building and museum wos
over one hundred thousand dollars. II will
be observed that the University. as now
organized. is the legal representative Of
the four medical colleges that it has ah-
sorbed. 1t Is n lbcral school Of medicine
confined 10 no dogma. nor attached to any
medical cirque; hllt embraces in its teach.
inGs everything Of value to the prolr. Jon.
| SEssIoNs.--lt has two full sessions each
year, commencing on the 1St of October
and continuing until the lst of January ~
its first session, and from the LIST of .Jun,ln.
lrytO the LIST of April as its second: the
two constituting Ohei ull course of lectures
1t has also summer session. cOmmcn,nur
| tile lst of April and continuing until Az
gust, lOf the preparatory branches. such as
Latin. Greek. Mathematics. Botany. Ioolo-
gy. Chemistry, Anatomy. Physiology. clo
| TICKETs.-.Tickets to the full coilSe Of
lectures $l2O, or $50 for each session, For
the summer or preparatory course S2J-
Graduating fee $50. To aid youuq u1c0 o,
moderate means. the University has issued
FIVE HUNDRED SCHOLARSHIPS, whr, are
sold to first-cOurse students for SIS. and 70
secOnd-c0llrse students and cer@ymcn for
$50. each constituting the holder life
member, with the perpetual privileges Of
the lectures. and all the teachings of the
school. The only additional fees are A
yearly dissectin@ and matriculatingt ticket
each of which is 81. ''s'''
The ADVANTAGES OF SCHOLARSHIPS
The student holding II scholarship can en-
ter the Ooi'eSeHt any lime during the year.
attend as long as he chooses, and rc-rntrr
the institution as frequently as desired,
1t requires no previous readin" m. ,fudv
to enter the University on scholarship,
hence. all private tuition leesa saved.
students, by holding scholarships. can
prosecute other businessa part of lheIine.
Inc candidate graduation can present
himaelf any time and receive hi, decree
as soon as qualified.
lncase student should hold scholar.
ship and not be able to attend Lectures. il
can be transferred to another. thus Dre-
venting any loss.
| Parents. guardians, or friends of students
wishing to purchase scholarships for them
a year or more before their attendance at
the University, can secure them by advan.
eng One-lalfsthc price. and paying the
balance when the student enters. phvsi-
clans and benevolent men can bestow treat
| Dcneilt upon poor young men by present.
ing them scholarship and thus enabling
| them to obtain an honorable profession.
Inc taculty embraces seventeen eminent
physicians and surgeons. The University
mas associated with ii 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.-The COLLEGE, Luild-
ing. located in Ninth street. south of Wal
nut, Is the finest in the city. Its front i
collegiate gothic. and Is adorned with en-
battleMents and embrasurcs. prescnlinga
novel, bold and beautiful appearance. Tie
FACADE Is OF brown stone, Ornamehtcd hy
two towers rising to the elevation Of cigI.
ty feet. and crowned with an cmbatlcd
parapct. 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 fifty are now ,oId
those who wish TO secure one should do 20