Why do the doctors advise to put strips of wet cloth on the forehead of a person having high fever

Why do the doctors advise to put strips of wet cloth on the forehead o

1.	Why do the doctors advise to put strips of wet cloth on the forehead of a person having high fever
Answer» The doctors advise to put the strips of wet cloth on the forhead of a person having high fever because the wet cloth will absorp the heat from the body of the person and would evaporate it in the atmosphere. This will reduce the heat from the body and the person will feel better. Because of the process of evaporation the forhead of person became cool which result in reduce of the person body temperature so the person feel good