Introduction To Physiology

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Introduction The term physiology originated from a Greek root  Physiologikos  meaning  discourse on natural  knowledge. It was introduced by the French physician Jean Fernel in 1552. Physiology deals with the normal functioning of the body.        
The purpose of a course of physiology is to teach the functions, processes and Interrelationship of the different organs and systems of the normal body disturbance and diseases and to equip the student with normal standards of reference for use while diagnosing and treating deviation    from the normal. To a Homoeopath the human organism is an integrated whole of body life and mind; and though life includes all the chemico-physical processes it transcends them. There can be no symptoms of disease without vital force which is deranged in diseased person. Physiology shall be taught from the stand point of description physical processes underlying them in health.

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