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Subject: Re: Last house visit, your age and RT question.


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jean the frenchie
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Date Posted: Sunday, November 17, 2013, 04:29: am
In reply to: Richard 's message, "Last house visit, your age and RT question." on Tuesday, May 14, 2013, 08:26: pm

In France when I was a boy in the 50's and beguinning 60's, there was still many doctors who took the temperature rectally rather than orally, especially to children and even teenagers. It was assumed that the result was more precise and right. So a lot of mothers used to take the temperature rectally to their sons and daughters at least until they were about 12 age. After most of the mothers left their children take themselves their temperature but told them to take it rectally.

When the doctor who was a middle aged rather nice with children was called at my house, he took my temperature rectally since I was about 12 age and even one time later at 14 age when I had a strong fever. My mom was in the room to listen to what this doctor said and to watch what he did when I was still under 12 age but I am almost certain that she did not look at me the last time when I was already 14 age.

Before the coming of the doctor, my mother did not take my temperature rectally nor orally. But the days after she did it one or two times by day according his instructions and she took it rectally until I was over than 12 age.

At that time, I don't remember any embarrassment and it was expected by children to have a rectal temperature taken rather than an oral one.

I was more embarrassing when we had to go to the nurse's office of the school at middle school when we felt being bad. Generally, the school nurse who was a woman rather authoritarian and strict with us, began the examination by taking our temperature and she did it always rectally. It was useless to complain and to ask her to take it orally, she replied that she knew better than us how it was right to take temperature and that as long as we were only schol student boys under her control for health, she did it rectally even if we did not like it.
I remember that she added the first time that my embarrassment was stupid since she had seen before mine such a lot of naked buttocks than it could not be an issue for her and for me.
Then I was instructed to remove my trousers and to pull down my brief and to lay on my stomach on a medical bed. As it was like an order, thre was no way to refuse. when she came to insert in the anus the thermometer, she pulled down lower until anklesmy brief and then she inserted the thermometer more brutally than the doctor at home. When she had finished, she took out the thermometer and then she gave me an unexpected slap on my still naked bottocks before telling me to lift up and to dress again.
Fortunately, I did not have to see her several times,only three times for the four years of middle school between 12 and 15 age.

At high school, I had never my temperature taken rectally by the nurse, she did it orally.

I knew also that in summer camps, the temperature was generally taken rectally by the nurse of the camp for boys until 12 or even 14 age when they had fever and seemed to be sick.

At the physical examination for military service at 18 age, I had like the other draftees still a temperature taken rectally during the physicals but it was the last time.

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Jerome202
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Date Posted: Thursday, March 09, 2023, 05:49: pm

In France, even in the 80's and 90's, rectal temperature was still very common for children and teenagers.

I had the measles when I was almost 11 years old. The doctor was my father's girlfriend (my parents had divorced recently) who worked as a school doctor. She did not live with us. She came to the house and took my temperature rectally several times a day. Unlike Jean the frenchie, I found it very embarrassing, especially because my sister could pass by the door and see me lying on my bed on my tummy or on the side with the thermometer in my bottom.

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AJC
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Date Posted: Thursday, April 13, 2023, 08:25: pm

my mom would take rectal and usually leave the door open, and my younger sister would come by and try to sneak a peek

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Phillip
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Date Posted: Friday, March 29, 2024, 05:25: pm

The free clinic for youngsters living in financially disadvantaged households where I work has limited space and only uses glass thermometers. Temps are taken in area of the waiting room dedicated for that purpose.

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