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§ should be kept upright not tilted. § bulb should be surrounded from all sides by the substance of which the temperature is to be measured. The bulb should not touch the surface of the container.

A clinical thermometer reads temperature from 35°C to 42°C.

The normal temperature of human body is 37°C or 98.6 degree F. Note that the temperature is stated with its unit.

§ Thermometer should be washed before and after use, preferably with an antiseptic solution.§ Ensure that before use the mercury level is below 35°C.§ Read the thermometer keeping the level of mercury along the line of sight..§ Handle the thermometer with care. If it hits against some hard object, it canbreak.§ Don’t hold the thermometer …

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The thermometer that measures our body temperature is called a clinical thermometer.

Temperature is measured by a device called thermometer