Manual of clinical diagnosis / by Otto Seifert and Friedrich von Müller; translated by William Buckingham Canfield.

  • Seifert, Heinrich Wilhelm Otto, 1853-1933.
Date:
1887
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Credit: Manual of clinical diagnosis / by Otto Seifert and Friedrich von Müller; translated by William Buckingham Canfield. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER II. TEMPERATURE. The temperature of the body is generally taken either in the axillary space or in the rectum [and under the tongue]. In the rectum it is about 0.5°-:° higher than in the axilla. The temperature of the healthy individual measures ^ in the axilla between36.2° C. [97.1° F.] and 37.5° C. [99.5° F.]. The highest temperature is late in the afternoon, and the lowest, very early in the morning. An elevation of tem- perature can temporarily occur in consequence of bodily exertion, taking food, hot-baths, etc. A continuous ele- vation of temperature occurs /;/ fever. According to Wunderlich we have : The temperature of collapse, 36° C. [96.8° F.]. Sub-febrile temperature 37.5°-38° C. [99.5° F.-ioo.4° F.]. Slight fever 38°-38.5° C. [ioo.4°-ioi.3° F.]. Moderate fever 39° C. [102.2° F.] morning ; 39.5° [103.1° F.] evening. Considerable fever 39.5° C. [103.1° F.] morning ; 40.5° C. [104.9° F.] evening. High fever over 39.5°C. [103.1° F.] morning; over 40.5° C. [104.9° F-] evening. ' In order to convert from one scale to the other, the following formula may be used : N° C = |nO R = f n« + 32° F.
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