Ah. In Hungary and I believe most of Germany too, only for children.

And isn't there an auricular thermometer?

I also learnt from Wiki that measurements in the ear are supposed to be the most precise, because temperature swings have an effect there first. (I haven't seen an ear thermometer myself, though -- and I just bought one as present for Christmas.)

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One whose delusions are out of fashion.}