Increase Of Stature At Night

The daily variation in human staturo has been made a matter of practical study by Dr. Mekel, the result beinj; as heiinds, that the height of an individual after a night's rest, rueasured beforu rising frorn the bed, is two inches greater than in the evening, measured standing; that is, there is a gradual diminution in height, caused by the yielding of tho plantar arcliesandof the intervertebrial dises, aud a sudden diminutioa when the individual rises, this OCCUrinc at the artieulations of the lover extremities The sinking at the ankle is onethird of an inch, one-lwelfth to oneeight of an inch at the knee, and twotifths of an inch at the hip,- the shortening at the knee being due, probably, to the elasticity of the oartilages, which woulil easily involve the extent of vuriation narued.