Where was the rectal thermometer kept?

We had 2 rectal thermometers. They where kept in a mostly locked drawer in the bathroom with other medical supplies. If you where sick. The thermometer was on the night stand by the bed.

Mid 1950's to early ‘60’s both the rectal & oral thermometers were in the bathroom medicine cabinet above the sink. Later the (glass) oral one broke..the rectal one moved to various bathroom/bedroom drawers. It's currently in a storage box somewhere in my over stuffed closet.

Usually in our home bathroom wall cabinet along with the vaseline . Mom kept a second rectal thermometer in the night stand next to her bed with a smaller jar of vaseline all handy for her temperature time . In our home rectal temperatures were always taken however mom instructed me as to taking oral temperatures as I matured for the purpose of doctor visits but when in the privacy of our home , mom and I preferred and practiced the ‘ art of rectal temperatures ‘ which we both more than a health check really over time came to enjoy . Rectal thermometers were in all of my childhood friends homes to be located in the ’ usual storage areas ‘ as were home enema / douche syringes as well . Every family had them and every family used them . My school chums both girls and boys in our little after illness shares when we returned to school often privately would tell of ‘ back there temperatures ’ and an enema or two while recuperating at home thanks to our wonderful moms . Ah …. those were the days .

It was kept in our linen/medicine closet. When my mom went there, I knew what was ahead most often.

I must say I was very fortunate.

I was 13. The day my parents decided to stop taking my rectal temperature, they offerted me a brand new rectal thermometer and they suggested this device to be kept in my bedtable drawer, so that I would be in charge of monitoring my temperature.

Ours was kept in the upright cabinet in the hall before my parents bedroom, sometimes when i had a friend spend the night i would sneak down and get it and we would play “doctor”. it was kep with the jar of vaseline.

My 10 year old friend and I as kids did that when we were sure we would not get caught.

Kept in the bathroom medicine cabinet.

My mom was a pediatric nurse, so she always kept 2 or 3 rectal thermometers in the main first floor bathroom medicine cabinet. My younger brother had his bedroom near the bathroom. however, his temp was usually taken in the bathroom over mom's lap because he was hyperactive. Upstairs, where my cousin- Tara and I had our bedrooms, there were one or two in the medicine cabinet in the bathroom between our rooms. There was a jar of Vaseline in each medicine chest, too.

In our home the rectal thermometer was stored in a black screw top case in the bathroom medicine cabinet next to a red rubber bulb enema syringe with a black nozzle, a jar of Pond’s Cold Cream, and a jar of adult suppositories. I loved that medicine cabinet! All sorts of erotic hidden treasures were stored there calling out to us young anally erotic Klismos. And of course let us not forget the big red rubber enema bag hanging behind the bathroom door.

@faultless50 The cold cream was used to lubricate the thermometer and nozzle? No Vaseline?

Ours was in the bathroom medicine cabinet with a jar of Vaseline. When sick it was on the night stand with a box of tissues and the Jar of Vaseline. Until you were well again. On display for anyone to see.

One in the medicine cabinet… one in the camping first aid kit.

For me it was the medicine cabinet.

She has a cabinet she puts all the thermometers in

The rectal thermometer was kept in the medicine cabinet in the childrens bathroom. At my grandparents it was in a drawer of my grandmother's vanity

The rectal thermometer was kept in a drawer of the china cabinet in our dining room. I also found one hidden behind some folded towels in the upstairs linen closet which was at the end of the hallway. I also found a jar of vaseline complete with the small holes from where the thermometer had been dipped before each use.

I guess most folks seem to have the rectal thermometer and vaseline in the bathroom. In our the rectal thermometer was keep in the kitchen cabinet just to the right above the sink. There was a jar of vaseline there, baby aspirin, cough syrup and medicines. When I went to college, it moved to a drawer in the bathroom under the sink. If I was sick in bed, it was on the stand next to bed with the vaseline, out for everyone to see.

It was kept in the bathroom medicine cabinet. When I got sick the thermometer and the jar of Vaseline was moved to my bedroom. Any visitors I had knew how my temperature was being taken. Actually, if a friend or friends from high school were over for a pretty long time my mom would come in and announce it was time to take my temperature. It would then be taken in front of my friends.

They were kept in the linen closet in the hallway on the top shelf. One of the older rectal thermometers had it’s own black plastic tubular case like an all black Sharpie pen. There were also two glass jars, one each for the oral thermometers and one for the rectal thermometers. Each had an inch of alcohol in the bottom. The sound of the glass thermometers clanking around in the glass jar when my mother was retrieving them was distinctive and I can still hear it. The top shelf was too high for me for years, so I had to use the lower shelves like a ladder to get up high enough when I was snooping around up there when I was home alone. As I mentioned in another post, I took the black-cased rectal thermometer to play with and kept it hidden behind books next to my bed. Of course I got caught after a couple months when my mother was cleaning my room and found it.

@ruthiney

My mom was too she was the charge nurse it was children's ICU

Mom has always as best I can remember, “always” anyway, kept the rectal thermometers in a dresser or bedside drawer with Vaseline or KY in each of our bedrooms. There's also one in the guest room, and the hallway bathroom. Yes, a nurse mom is always well stocked up on pretty much anything. I've gotten to realize that over the years and progressions!

My stepmother Natalie always kept thermometers and medical items in the second drawer on the right in the bathroom vanity. She used a light green plastic pen holder that was made for standing pens up on a desk. But instead she kept thermometers stored in their cases there, always bulb end down. There were three thermometers, all with stubby pear shaped bulbs, and had red triangles at the end. My sister's and mine were in red and clear square shaped cases. The third thermometer had a round white case. A large square tub of Revco brand petroleum jelly was beside it. My sister and I weren't aware that red in particular was for rectal use. Natalie took our temperatures up the butt anyway until we were 6. That third thermometer we later figured out was used between her and she sometimes even took Dad's rectal temperature. If Dad was sick, she'd occasionally run us out of the room and close the door, telling us she needed to give Dad some medicine and he needed a nap. I returned one day on such occasion to find that the rectal thermometer in the white case was lying out with the petroleum jelly on the bathroom cabinet. Natalie had definitely stuck that thermometer up Dad's butt. We didn't think anything of it because that's how ours got taken.

Usually in our home bathroom wall cabinet along with the vaseline

In bathroom and also on nightstand if sick here as well

I keep my rectal thermometer in the glove compartment in my car , you never know when an emergency will happen !

In my butt! LOL. Actually, it was in the hall closet just outside the bathroom. I am not sure why it wasn't in the medicine cabinet but mom kept it separate and well hidden in the back of the shelf.

Bathroom cabinet

A drawer in our master bathroom is a catch-all for mostly items first-aid and medical. I need to clean it out someday!

Two glass rectals and a newer digital. The Taylor “instanta“ rectal is a hand-me-down from my mom when we were married. It’s still is accurate as when it was new — amazing. We bought a J&J baby thermometer for the girls when they were infants.

At home, it was kept in the master bedroom. so has a kid that always made it harder too snoop the thermometer and play with it since it was in mommy‘s room.