Researchers examine the decline in average body temperature among healthy adults over the past two decades

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Oct 28, 2020, 3:22 pm896 ptsInteresting
In the nearly two centuries since German physician Carl Wunderlich established 98.6°F (37 C) as the standard "normal" body temperature, it has been used by parents and doctors alike as the measure by which fevers—and often the severity of illness—have been assessed.

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