The Story of 98 Point Six

The story of 98 point six dates back to a physician by the name of karl wonderlick. He determined that the average temperature of the normal human being was 98 point six degrees fahrenheit, or 37 degrees centigrade. This is philip mcovia, a professor of medicine and a medical historian at the university of maryland. i am an internist by trade and an infectious disease specialist by sub specialty. So my bread and butter is fever. There's one more thing mcovia is, i am by nature sceptic. And it occurred to me very early in my career that this idea that 98 point six was normal, and that if you didn't