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Subject: The first year?? Author: Pat [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: Sunday, August 21, 2011, 07:18: pm Does any one know when the first year rectal thermonter was invened?(made)? [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: The first year?? Author: Cyndi [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Monday, August 22, 2011, 08:22: am According to a Wiki article, they date back to at least the 18th century. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: The first year?? Author: Pat [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Monday, August 22, 2011, 03:56: pm cool, I wounder who got the first rectal temp.?What was the thermonter look like? What year was it? Any one now, and what country too? [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Re: The first year?? Author: kenw [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Monday, August 22, 2011, 05:53: pm An English doctor invented the thermometer as we know it 4 to 5 inches long pencil shaped with the rectal type bulb in 1865 the oral type bulb didn't really show it self till world war 1 you can make what you will on this fact. Before the 1865 model most doctors used french version that was shaped like a crescent and was over foot long and only used under the arm and had to be read in place as it didn't have little bump in the glass the 1865 model does. I believe the English doctors name was Smith [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: The first year?? Author: Tim [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Wednesday, August 24, 2011, 11:17: am I believe that thermometers were commercially manufactured in NY, NJ, and other states around the late 19th century, when the introduction of new techniques streamlined the process. If you have an old BD, Taylor, or other brand thermometer, the inscription on the box says "since 1897," or something similar. The question that I have is whether rectal was the only means of temperature taking in the U.S., until oral thermometers were available, and if so, for how many years. I don't know if this info. is readily available, or even possible to find. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]