Temps always taken at doctor home visits

A long time ago when my doctor then used to make frequent house calls for both me and my sister, always the first thing he would do is take down the covers on our bed and then order us to turn over on our stomach . The thermometer was always inserted into the rectum which would usually make us cry . After temp taken he would do his exam of us . When he was about finished most times we would receive a painful shot in the butt which would make us scream not just cry . To finish up he would always re insert the thermometer again deep into the rectum before he would gather up his things ad leave!

I never had a doctor visit come to my house before.

My house call visits were very infrequent, but much as previously written, I was told to lay on my tummy and a rectal temperature was taken. It was a different generation and the methods were not as varied as today. Plain and simple.

I can remember many housecalls where things pretty much started the same way. Dr. Kaplan would come into my bedroom, pull the desk chair to the side of the bed, say hello, and ask what was bothering me. He would then get out the thermometerm taking it from its black pencil case or from the clear BD TempAway box, At that point I knew what my destiny was so I rolled over onto my tummy and awaited him pulling down the blankets, followed by my PJ bottoms, panties, whatever... and the next thing I knew was that unmistakable feeling of BRRRRRRRRRRRRRR, as the thermometer was inserted! House call generally were synonomous with a rectal temp and an injection of pencillin back then,

Play safe!

Our pediatrician used the rectal thermometer as a control device prior to administering a shot in the butt. He did his exam first, the usual chest and back listening, glands check and stomach palpitation, oh and groin check too. Then it was over on my stomach for the rectal thermometer. Out of my sight he would be preparing a shot of penicillin while reciting to my mother what things she should be doing to get me better. He read the thermometer by parting my butt checks, then stuck me with the needle as he took out the glass rod.

Saw my friend getting her temp taken rectally by her family doctor during a house all. Circa mid 60s. She was laying on the couch in the living room, her pajama bottoms and white panties lowered while the glass thermometer was sticking out of her bottom. Very erotic to see. While the thermometer registered, the doctor was chatting with my friend’s mom. I was surprised that her mom let me come into the living room! My friend was 15 years old, but her family doctor as she later told me always “puts the thermometer in our behinds when he takes our temperature; even my sisters , too! They hate it! They say they’re too old to have it taken like that. Doesn’t bother me.”

She didn’t care that I saw her having it taken either.

Her one sister was a freshman in college, eighteen years old. That would have been a sight to have seen. The other sister was 17 years old. Seeing her too would have been awesome.

House call visits always included rectal temperature. There were I would be at a friend’s house, with the doctor on his way. He would get his temperature taken right in front of me.

RT was standard during the doctor's home visits even at older age. My last one was at age of 14, when I moved out from the house for studies, but I saw sister many times with the thermometer sticking out from her bum at age 16-17. For us it was a standard procedure.