Clinical thermometer let’s dig into the past

Of the many tools and instruments regarded as essential to the clinical examination, none has had such widespread application as the clinical thermometer. Over the years many changes and developments are made in the functioning of the clinical thermometer since the times of Hippocrates till today. All these inventions have played their part into finally transforming this great invention of science into what in today’s world is called as the clinical thermometer. Recent advances in thermometer design include digital, electronic direct and predictive, infra‐red ear thermometers, and dot‐matrix or phase‐change thermometers. This is a review regarding the development of the clinical thermometer through its various stages