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leni536 on Oct 9, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Mercury Spill

>in my mouth Was that common in the US for mercury thermometers? In Hungary it was always "under the armpit" but as far as I remember I have seen the thermometer in mouth method in US cartoons.

ghaff on Oct 9, 2015 [–]

Yes. I always had my temperature taken orally. (Although I don't use mercury thermometers these days.)

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