A doctor advised to use icepad on forehead to bring fever down instead of using water at 100 degree c.why?

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Your question has a mistake on temperature of zero degree Celsius instead of 100 degree Celsius.
Here is the answer to the required question.
As ice at 0°C has more latent heat of fusion as compared to water means the particles in ice is less energized than water.
The ice pad will help you to take the heat from your body. In the other side, water at 0 degree celsius will not help you to bring high fever down. So it is preferable to use ice pad or cold water.

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