Philocine - Learning Medical Science Using Ancient Literary Works

Introduction

The term Philocine denotes "Philosophical Aspect of Medicine", a concept which strives that ancient literary works can be used to impart medical education related to the realms of Psycho physiology to medical students. This would enable to impart noble thoughts and ideas to students as and when they read and learn medical information. All literary works spanning from ancient Greek literature to Ancient Tamil Literature can be used via this module to learn science.

Psycho physiology is a term derived from the Greek language and it is a branch of psychology that deals with the physiological basis of psychological processes. This medical field links psychology and physiology in intact human subjects. The perspective of studying the interface of mind and body makes psycho physiologists most distinct. Psycho physiology is different from physiological psychology which looks at the physiological mechanisms which lead to psychological activity. This field is closely related to Neuroscience. While psycho physiology was a discipline off the mainstream of psychological and medical science prior to the 1960 and 1970s, more recently, psycho physiology has found itself positioned at the intersection of psychological and medical science, and its popularity and importance have expanded commensurately with the realization of the inter-relatedness of mind and body. Unearthing the Psycho physiological Insights embedded within the ancient literary works is a fascinating tasks and we shall do it here with all the enthusiasm inherently tagged to it.

Philocine Module allows medical students to learn the Psychophysiological concepts using ancient Literary works. The greater purpose of creating a generation of medical students prepared for the next generation of scientifically equipped existence simultaneously oriented to the great heritage of the human race will be successfully accomplished by Philocine.

The concept can be of use to various ancient texts including

[1] Thirukkural (authored in Tamil by Thiruvalluvar 2000 years before)

[2] Odyssey (authored in Greek by Homer 3000 years before)

[3] Illiad (authored in Greek by Homer 2800 years before)

Psychophysiological Insights in Ancient Greek Literary Work - Odyssey =====