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Fowler Position

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Fowler position describes a body lying on the back with the head of the bed raised between forty-five and sixty degrees.

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A record noting semi-Fowler describes a lower angle, roughly thirty degrees.

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Fowler is an eponym, named for a physician, so the term carries no decodable meaning.

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