2. The or i g i n a l meaning of th e Greek
word Phys i o l o g y i s s t udy of natu r e .
In th e cour s e of t ime i t came to be
id en t i f i e d wi th the func t i o n i n g of
the l i v i n g be i n g s .
Thus today we have Plan t Phys i o l o g y ,
Bact e r i a l Phys i o l o g y , Animal
Phys i o l o g y , Human Phys i o l o g y e t c .
In Human Phys i o l o g y we have ;
Molecu l a r Phys i o l o g y , Cel l
Phys i o l o g y , Endocr i n e Phys i o l o g y ,
Card i o v a s c u l a r Phys i o l o g y ,
Resp i r a t o r y Phys i o l o g y and so on .
In Appl i e d Human Phys i o l o g y we have
Space Phys i o l o g y , Spor t s Phys i o l o g y ,
Exerc i s e Phys i o l o g y , High Al t i t u d e
3. Phys i o l o g y , Env i r onmen t a l
Phys i o l o g y , Cl in i c a l Phys i o l o g y etc .
The conc ep t of Human Phys i o l o g y i s
ge t t i n g ho l i s t i c and c l o s e r to i t s
or i g i n a l meaning , becau s e of the
appre c i a t i o n of the in t e r a c t i o n s of
eve r y t h i n g in the ex t e r n a l and
in t e r n a l env i r o nmen t s and a l s o th e
e f f e c t s of what happened in the
pas t ; on human l i f e ! !
In fu t u r e ; Human Phys i o l o g y appear s
to embody comprehend i n g and
expe r i e n c i n g th e sub t l e
in t e r r e l a t i o n s h i p s be tween human
cons c i o u s n e s s and re s t of th e natu r e
and expr e s s i n g or app l y i n g th i s
wisdom in the ind i v i d u a l and soc i a l
life!
4. The in s i g h t s of Psycho l o g y ,
Parap sy ch o l o g y and anc i e n t
di s c i p l i n e s of medi c i n e such as
Ayurveda , Chine s e Medic i n e , Yoga and
the in s i g h t s of t r ad i t i o n a l wisdom
and tho s e of en l i g h t e n e d ind i v i d u a l s
are l i k e l y to play a grea t ro l e in
th i s .
Dr . Shr i n iwa s Kasha l i k a r
