stackyFACTSDiagnosing a fever used to require the patience of a saint. The earliest glass temperature devices were comically massive, incredibly fragile, and required the unfortunate subject to sit perfectly still for upward of twenty minutes just to confirm they were, indeed, feeling slightly warm.
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