Who first used the Thermometer for measuring body temperature?

Answer 1

Your question sounds a bit wrong, so I assume you mean "What type of thermometer is used to measure body temperature"

The answer:

you can use...

a) a normal clinical thermometer

b) a digital clinical thermometer

c) a forehead thermometer (i.e. FeverTemp)

d) ear thermometer (more precise but more expensive)

I hope that answers your question.

Answer 2

Oral Thermometer

• When people think of a thermometer, they may think of the traditional glass thermometer placed in the mouth. Today, most oral thermometers are digital and made of some sort of plastic. These are used by placing the thermometer under the tongue and waiting for the alert that the reading is complete. Some oral thermometers can also be used as rectal thermometers.

Tympanic Thermometer

• Tympanic thermometers are used by inserting the thermometer into the ear. The thermometer has a cone shaped to fit inside the ear canal. However, according to Consumer Reports, this type of thermometer is not accurate in young children and must be perfectly aligned to get an accurate temperature.

Forehead Thermometer

• Forehead, or temporal, thermometers take a temperature reading through an infrared scan of the temporal artery in the forehead. Some temporal thermometers work through rolling the scanner over the forehead, calculating the temperature based on the heat detected.

Basal Thermometer

• A basal thermometer is used by women tracking ovulation through changes in temperature. It is an extremely sensitive thermometer that records temperatures to 0.1 degree Fahrenheit increments, rather than 0.2 degree Fahrenheit increments.

Pacifier Thermometer

• Another option for young children is the pacifier thermometer. This thermometer is shaped like a pacifier and after your child sucks on it for about 90 seconds, an oral temperature is taken

Answer 3

No, we can not use a lab thermometer for measuring body temperature because the medical thermometer is a specific thermometer regarding the temperature range, gradations, accuracy, form, dimension.

Answer 4

Gerold Heddrick was the very fisrt to use the thermometer to measure body temperature.