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So normal human body temperature isn't 98.6 degrees

 
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mindmetoo



Joined: 02 Feb 2004

PostPosted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:47 pm    Post subject: So normal human body temperature isn't 98.6 degrees Reply with quote

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

PostPosted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 1:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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

PostPosted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 2:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just use Celsius like sensible people.
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mindmetoo



Joined: 02 Feb 2004

PostPosted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 2:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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

PostPosted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 4:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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

PostPosted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 7:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

What post just BS? Seriously
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thewindsong123



Joined: 08 Feb 2008

PostPosted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 9:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

think it's 99 degree...
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tzechuk



Joined: 20 Dec 2004

PostPosted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 7:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
�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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