Asthma and Snoring Elevating the upper body benefits patients with Asthma. On a horizontal mattress it restricts air tubes and increases the difficulty of moving air to vital major organs. The FDA has said that Adjustable Beds aid in the treatment of a number of medical afflictions and illnesses. Snoring is not a problem, except for your partner. Normally adjusting the upper part of the bed to a higher position eliminates or reduces snoring.
Aristotle and Ptolemy. There are few instances of philosophers that have had such a deep influence as Aristotle, or of cosmologists whose theories have endured as long as Ptolemy's. Aristotle's influence is enormous ranging form the sciences to logic.
Enlightenment Thinkers: John Locke and Isaac Newton. Two thinkers whose contributions to the period have been briefly mentioned were John Locke and Isaac Newton. Locke's political philosophy and Newton's scientific achievements in the late 17th and early 18th centuries were pivotal developments that allowed for the growth of the Enlightenment.