Glass thermometer with a plastic guard

Ten years or so ago, in a relative's house, I happened to see in a medicine cabinet an old glass rectal thermometer. This was long after they were no longer sold here in the US, and this relative's children were grown, so I assume it was left from when they were young--around the 1980s.

This thermometer was in a kind of plastic case I'd never seen before. It wasn't a storage case but seemed to be more of an insertion guard. It was made of clear plastic and had a little hole at one end through which the bulb end of the thermometer stuck out about an inch. My best guess is that it was designed to help nervous parents be sure the thermometer wouldn't go in too far.

I've seen modern digital thermometers designed with a kind of shoulder to prevent overinsertion but never seen anything else like this for use with a glass one.

Has anyone else ever seen something like this, or used one, or had your parents use one?

I have one

I have never seen a thermometer like that.🌡️🧴🧻

@Slipitin You have one of these? Cool! Could you post a picture?

Would be interested to hear where you got it, if it came with instructions or anything, and if you've tried using it. I'm curious about if these were sold separately or came with thermometers and how widespread they were.

@ps34 I don't know how to post pictures here. Can you tell me? I bought it at a pharmacy in Honolulu in the early 90s. The guard was indeed to keep it from being inserted too far. Yes, I have used it.

@Slipitin If you go to the main menu and choose “Images” you can then click “Add Album.”

Then enter a title and description (both have to be at least a certain number of characters long) and select tags such as “Medical fetish,” “rectal temperature,” “thermometer,” and at bottom hit Save.

You now have an empty album. Select “Modify,” then “Add images,” and you’re ready to add your pictures.

Hope you can post, thanks!