My [digital] thermometer is marked:
37 38 39 40
normal low mod high severe
grade erate
Duncan
-----Original Message-----
From: James R. Frysinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: May 12, 2001 21:44
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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