Why doctor advice to put strips of Wet clothes on forehead of a person having a high temperature?

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Doctor advises to put strips of wet cloth on the forehead of a person having high temperature (fever) because the water evaporates and absorb the heat from the body that cause cooling and lowering the body temperature. That is why the doctor advices to put strips of wet cloth on the forehead of a person having fever.

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