In article <[log in to unmask]>, Julian
Bradley <[log in to unmask]> writes
>Agree that thinking about fever is useful in both of these situations...
>But the evidence suggests that our hands are good guides! Medical students
>beat mothers, but even the mothers were pretty good, just by touch.
>
>It's a bit like taking a pulse. Will count it sometimes, but don't need
>a stopwatch for vast majority of normal pulses... they feel normal.
>
>Am I alone in this?
Your views match mine but far more tactfully put.
Rob
Dr R I Johnson
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