Abstract
To study oral thermometry and to obtain standard values of oral temperature of healthy Japanese, the results obtained from 1, 022 subjects (male 486, female 536) were analysed after excluding 1, 212 subjects, who reported subjective complaints, heavy breathing, and mouth opening during thermometry, as well as those who exercised, bathed or evacuated within one hour before thermometry, 1) The oral temperature was 36.68±0.35°C measured for 3 min, 36.82°C±0.30°C for 5 mm, 36.90±0.29°C for 7 min, and 36.96±0.31°C for 10 min. The axillary temperature of the same subjects was 36.72±0.36°C measured for a period longer than 10min. The time for obtaining a stable oral temperature was caused by the thermometer itself, and not by the change of temperature of the cavity, which is the case in axillary thermometry. 2) The mean value of the oral temperature (5min) was 0.14±0.36°C higher than that of the axillary temperature (longer than 10min) . However, there were many cases, in which the oral temperature was lower than the axillary temperature.
