>Re: [USMA:18452] RE: Whatever happened to centigrade??2002-02-28 > >How did he check this "male in good health" to make sure he was getting >the right temperature? Which orifice did he use? > >Also, if the human body temperature is suppose to be 96 on Fahrenheit's >scale, why is it 98.6 (=37.0�C) today? Does this constitute some type of >error in the Fahrenheit scale.
I think it is rather because "normal temperature" is a rather ill-defined quantity. Back in the '40s in Britain it was 96.4�F, which in metric countries was rounded up to 37�C Joseph B.Reid 17 Glebe Road West Toronto M5P 1C8 TEL. 416-486-6071
