Question

Doctors advise to put strips of wet cloth on the forehead of a person having high temperature. Give reason

Answer 1

basically trying to cool down body temperature by doing so. The same reason we sweat, also to cool down the body in a hot environment.

Answer 2

When a person has fever his body temperature becomes more than the normal body temperature. If we put strips of wet cloth on the forehead of a person suffering from high fever, the water evaporates taking heat from the body, creating a cooling effect. Thus, moist strips will lower his body temperature.