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The article about the healthy core body temperature in humans redirects here,for other uses,see [[98.6 D(disambiguation)]]

In the [[United States]], '''98.6''' degrees [[Fahrenheit]] is widely believed to be the healthy core body temperature for an adult [[human]]. 

This belief is based upon one [[Germany|German]] study by [[Carl Reinhold August Wunderlich]] which found the [[mean]] body temperature of the study subjects, when [[rounding|rounded]] to two [[significant digit]]s, to be 37 degrees [[Celsius]]. This is 98.6 degrees on the Fahrenheit scale.

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*[http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/268/12/1578 JAMA] "A critical appraisal of 98.6 degrees F, the upper limit of the normal body temperature, and other legacies of Carl Reinhold August Wunderlich" Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 268 No. 12, September 23, 1992


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