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From my 11 years in the military, I can tell you that in boot camp when someone over heats on a run and passes out the medics will pull their pants down and take a core temp in the rectum.

The worst part is when they dump that person in an ice bath to cool them off.

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In military slang, a "silver bullet" is a rectal thermometer, and used where rectal thermometers are meant to be used..

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