| Adoption of thermometry into clinical practice in the United States. | |
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PMID: 3321368 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Technologic advances in thermometer design and conceptual advances in the understanding of homeostasis between 1700 and 1850 led to recognition of the usefulness of measuring body temperature in human disease. These advances took place in Europe and Great Britain, culminating in the publication in 1868 of the seminal work on fever in human disease by Carl Wunderlich. In the United States thermometry was popularized by a number of distinguished American physicians who used European data that had appeared in British and American journals even before 1868. Thus Edward Seguin and Austin Flint included fever curves and vital signs in articles that appeared in 1866. Flint and Jacob DaCosta added sections on thermometry to their medical textbooks in 1866-1867, and Edouard Seguin (the father of Edward) encouraged the use of thermometry by the public at large in a series of articles in the medical and lay press. Within just two decades thermometry became recognized as an indispensable medical tool, which it remains to the present time. |
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Authors:
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E A Dominguez; A Bar-Sela; D M Musher |
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Type: Historical Article; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Reviews of infectious diseases Volume: 9 ISSN: 0162-0886 ISO Abbreviation: Rev. Infect. Dis. Publication Date: 1987 Nov-Dec |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1988-02-20 Completed Date: 1988-02-20 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 7905878 Medline TA: Rev Infect Dis Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1193-201 Citation Subset: IM; Q |
Affiliation:
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Medical Service (Infectious Disease Section), Veterans Administration Medical Center, Houston, Texas 77211. |
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Body Temperature History, 18th Century History, 19th Century Humans Thermometers / history*, standards United States |
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