>Subject: Re: AAM Poster session


>They were shorter back then.  (in reference to the shorter length of
bedsteads - no they weren't - they slept >sleeping up in order to prevent
themselves from drowning in their humors [yellow bile, black bile, blood,
and >phlegm])

Wait a minute. I think you've punctured one myth only to replace it with
another one. No, "they" weren't "shorter" as a general rule, with exceptions
for time, place, income level, nutritional level, and genetic endowment...
BUT, "they" didn't sleep sitting up either - it was recommended once by
Benjamin Rush, but I've never seen any evidence that this was a widely
adopted practice. If anyone has any primary evidence that this is true as
any kind of general practice, please share, but I'm not believing it until I
see it.

Carol Ely
Museum Consultant, Louisville

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