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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:47 pm Post subject: So normal human body temperature isn't 98.6 degrees |
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http://pusware.com/rdct/?p=67
A short, interesting history of 98.6. |
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MollyBloom

Joined: 21 Jul 2006 Location: James Joyce's pants
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 1:53 am Post subject: |
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Commentaries on Infectious Diseases (with Rat Holes) by an Inveterate Persiflager??? |
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Sleepy in Seoul

Joined: 15 May 2004 Location: Going in ever decreasing circles until I eventually disappear up my own fundament - in NZ
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 2:01 am Post subject: |
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Just use Celsius like sensible people. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 2:46 am Post subject: |
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MollyBloom wrote: |
Commentaries on Infectious Diseases (with Rat Holes) by an Inveterate Persiflager??? |
You should hear his podcast. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 4:30 am Post subject: |
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Sleepy in Seoul wrote: |
Just use Celsius like sensible people. |
But then how will we know the King of England's body temperature (or whatever the Christ Fahrenheit is calibrated to)? |
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skconqueror

Joined: 31 Jul 2005
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 7:55 am Post subject: |
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What post just BS? Seriously |
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thewindsong123
Joined: 08 Feb 2008
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 9:28 am Post subject: |
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think it's 99 degree... |
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tzechuk

Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 7:31 am Post subject: |
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�Women had a slightly higher (women are hotter than men?) average oral temperature than men (men are cooler than women?) 36.9�C [98.4�F] versus 36.7�C [98.1�F]. |
My normal temperature is 36'. 38' is a fever to me. And I am a woman. |
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