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The precise history of rectal thermometry is largely unknown, but medical thermometers have long been made in a tube shape that fits into the anus. Medical literature shows the practice dating back to at least the 18th century, and it is probable that rectal thermometry was thought to be a safer alternative to oral temperature-taking, due to the use of mercury and other toxic chemicals in ...
A medical thermometer or clinical thermometer is a device used for measuring the body temperature of a human or other animal. The tip of the thermometer is inserted into the mouth under the tongue (oral or sub-lingual temperature), under the armpit (axillary temperature), into the rectum via the anus (rectal temperature), into the ear (tympanic temperature), or on the forehead (temporal ...
1612 — Santorio Sanctorius makes the first thermometer for medical use. 1617 — Giuseppe Biancani published the first clear diagram of a thermoscope 1624 — The word thermometer (in its French form) first appeared in La Récréation Mathématique by Jean Leurechon, who describes one with a scale of 8 degrees.
Kevin Costner is returning to Yellowstone—but not as John Dutton.. After his departure from Yellowstone ahead of season 5, fans have been awaiting his next move within the Wild West. On February ...
In 1870 Allbutt published Medical Thermometry, an article outlining the history of thermometry and describing his invention: a clinical thermometer approximately 6 inches in length that a physician could have habitually in a pocket. His version of the thermometer, devised in 1867, was quickly adopted elsewhere, instead of the model previously ...
You may have heard that Social Security is facing financial trouble because Congress and presidents raided the trust funds and wondered how such a thing could be allowed to happen.
Despite its ancient history and the abundance of anecdotes about castor oil's other uses, research is mixed. "There's a lot of conflicting information, even within the traditional community," says ...
He attended grammar school in Stuttgart and at the age of eighteen he began his medical studies at University of Tübingen, where he completed his final exams in 1837.In 1838 he worked as assistant at St Catharine's Hospital in Stuttgart, and wrote his MD thesis.