title: Origin, Evolution and Clinical Application of the Thermometer.
abstract: Although Galileo, Fahrenheit and Celsius are the names generally associated with the origin of the thermometer and its scale, many others were involved in bringing into existence the instrument we use today to monitor body temperature. In fact, the seed from which the thermometer arose was planted long before those credited with inventing it made their contributions, and nurtured by many other investigators during its evolution and clinical application.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Memorial Medical Center,York, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: william.wright.f@gmail.com.
authors.forename: William F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Philip A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Mackowiak
mesh_terms: D001831:Body Temperature; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D013821:Thermometers / Q000266:history*
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