Carl Reinhold August Wunderlich

Carl Reinhold August Wunderlich (4 Agustus 1815 – 25 September 1877) adalah seorang dokter, psikiatris pionir dan profesor kedokteran asal Jerman. Ia dikenal karena menyatakan bahwa suhu badan manusia normal adalah 37 °C (98.6 °F), yang kini secara lebih akurat dikatakan sebesar 36.8 °C (98.2 °F).^[1]

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^ Mackowiak, Philip A.; Wasserman, Steven S.; Levine, Myron M. (September 23, 1992). "A critical appraisal of 98.6°F, the upper limit of the normal body temperature, and other legacies of Carl Reinhold August Wunderlich". JAMA. 268 (12): 1578–1580. doi:10.1001/jama.1992.03490120092034. PMID 1302471. The conversion of 37°C to Fahrenheit should have conserved Wunderlich's two significant figures, thus the standard ought to have been 99 °F (37 °C) until its recent empirical correction.

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Archives for the History of Psychiatry in Leipzig online
"Carl Reinhold August Wunderlich und die Universitätsklinik St. Jakob", from the History of the University of Leipzig (dalam bahasa Jerman)

[1] Mackowiak, Philip A.; Wasserman, Steven S.; Levine, Myron M. (September 23, 1992). "A critical appraisal of 98.6°F, the upper limit of the normal body temperature, and other legacies of Carl Reinhold August Wunderlich". JAMA. 268 (12): 1578–1580. doi:10.1001/jama.1992.03490120092034. PMID 1302471. The conversion of 37°C to Fahrenheit should have conserved Wunderlich's two significant figures, thus the standard ought to have been 99 °F (37 °C) until its recent empirical correction.

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