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Subject: Re: Temperature taken just before the doctor was called


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Kevin
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Date Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2013, 06:28: pm
In reply to: Tom 's message, "Temperature taken just before the doctor was called" on Saturday, January 22, 2011, 11:38: am

In my childhood everything was the same. If you was sick, Mom took rectaly temp and call to doctor. Before doctor's visit you got bath or, at least, sponge bath. In this cases any respect of your modesty was turn off. Usually I bathed myself since about 10, but here, before doctor's visit Mom washed all parts of my body herself. I recall last sponge bath Mom gave me when I had high temp at about 15.

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Ralph
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Date Posted: Wednesday, April 10, 2013, 02:41: pm

Mom took my temperature rectally before phoning the doctor's office, as it was his policy to make house calls only if there was a fever.
Our doctor was efficient and thorough and ended his house call the same way. Taking my temperature rectally while he prepared a shot. He'd part my butt cheeks to read the mercury and then jab the needle in my butt before removing the thermometer.
As he was packing up he'd tell my mother what to do, which always included administering an enema as needed.

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