Why does your mother put folded cloth strips soaked in cold water… - Vidyadip

Question

Why does your mother put folded cloth strips soaked in cold water on your forehead when you have high fever?

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Answer

To remove heat quickly from our body and thereby lower the temperature of the body (as water has high specific heat).

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