The cone-shaped tip of the tympanic thermometer uses infrared technology to measure body temperature from heat of the eardrum (tympanic membrane) and the surrounding tissue. That heat is then converted to a digital reading.
HOLIDAY, Fla. â Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roy Halladay died Tuesday after his plane crashed in the Gulf of Mexico, the Pasco County Sheriffâs Office confirmed in a press conference. The Florida Fish and Wildlife, U.S. Coast Guard, Pasco Fired Department and Pasco Sheriffâs Office all responded to the scene after a 911 call came in from a nearby residence.
Satchel Paige, Black Pitching Star, Is Dead at 75 By JOSEPH DURSO. Leroy (Satchel) Paige, one of the folk heroes of baseball's old Negro leagues who became a rookie pitcher in the major leagues at the age of 42, died yesterday at his home in Kansas City, Mo. He was believed to be 75 years old when he died after a long siege of heart trouble and emphysema.