Question

doctors advise to put strips of wet cloth on the forehead of a person having high temperature why

Answer 1

doctor advice to put strips off wet cloth on the head of a person having high temperature because the water present in cloth takes out heat energy from the body and evaporate in this way it regulates the temperature of person.

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.