Temperature

(tem’-per-a-tyur). Degree of heat. The average temperature of the body in health is 98.4° Fahr., but it rises slightly at night and falls in the early morning. A temperature of 100° indicates the presence of fever; a temperature of 104° is serious. In collapse, the temperature falls below the normal point, and may be only 96°. The temperature of a sick-room should be 60° as a rule, rather lower for surgical cases, rather higher for chest cases.