When I was growing up, my mum always measured my body temperature by placing
a thermometre under my armpit for 10 minutes (it was a mercury filled one).
The normal body temperature considered to be 36,6 degrees. At the same time
the magic number 37 was highlighted in black on the scale (opposite to black
for all other numbers).
Cheers (from very metric Latvia),
Nick
P.S. Marcus, I remember your request. Will definitely look.
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Behalf Of James R. Frysinger
Sent: Sunday, 13 May 2001 4.41
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:12755] Re: body temperature
Normal body temperature (oral) is 37 �C. I would say that a whole degree
above that would be considered significant.
Jim
Mike wrote:
>
> I don't know if I've asked this before, so I'll ask again. We've got
> two digital oral thermometers in the house, one Farenheit and one
> Celcius. I've got the kids pretty well trained for air temperature, but
> for body temperature we pretty much rely on the F one, since my wife and
> I both know when it's just a temp (up to 101 or so), when to give
> Tylenol (102 to 107), and when to call the doctor (107 or above).
>
> Whether or not you agree with my breakdown, what are the comparable
> points in Celcius? Actually, since I could just convert from Farenheit,
> I guess I'm really asking for an authoritative reference. I guess I'm
> expecting some easy to remember numbers, and conversions from Farenheit
> are unlikely to be those.
>
> mike jenkins
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