How to read temperature in a …

Reading of thermometer and measuring of temperature: Take a clinical thermometer and hold it horizontally with reading scale towards your eye. Do not hold the thermometer from the bulb. Rotate the thermometer slightly clockwise and anticlockwise. By doing this you will see a shiny thin silvery thread. The end of the silvery thread shows the reading of temperature. If mercury lining ends at 37, the reading is 37°C. Wash the bulb end of thermometer with an antiseptic solution. Give two or three jerks slightly. By doing this the mercury level would fall. When it falls to 35°C or below, put it below the tongue and wait for one minute. Take out the thermometer and read the temperature. Temperature would be near 37°C. The normal body temperature is 37°C. This can differ from person to person.

Reading of thermometer and measuring of temperature:

• Take a clinical thermometer and hold it horizontally with reading scale towards your eye.
• Do not hold the thermometer from the bulb.
• Rotate the thermometer slightly clockwise and anticlockwise. By doing this you will see a shiny thin silvery thread.
• The end of the silvery thread shows the reading of temperature. If mercury lining ends at 37, the reading is 37°C.
• Wash the bulb end of thermometer with an antiseptic solution.
• Give two or three jerks slightly. By doing this the mercury level would fall. When it falls to 35°C or below, put it below the tongue and wait for one minute.
• Take out the thermometer and read the temperature. Temperature would be near 37°C.
• The normal body temperature is 37°C. This can differ from person to person.