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प्रश्न
What is the normal temperature of the human body? How is it indicated in a clinical thermometer?
उत्तर
Normal temperature of a human body is 37°C or 98.6 °F.
To measure the temperature of a patient’s body, its bulb is kept either below the tongue or under the arm’s pit of the patient for about a minute. Then the thermometer is taken out and its reading is noted. When the temperature of a patient’s body is above 37°C, he is said to suffer from fever.
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Go to a doctor or your nearest health centre. Observe the doctor taking the temperature of patients. Enquire:
- Why she dips the thermometer in a liquid before use.
- Why the thermometer is kept under the tongue.
- Whether the body temperature can be measured by keeping the thermometer at some place other than the mouth.
- Whether the temperature of different parts of the body is the same or different.
You can add more questions which come to your mind.
Go to a veterinary doctor (a doctor who treats animals). Discuss and find out the normal temperature of domestic animals and birds.
