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A patient suffering from high fever is advised to put wet cloth strips on his forehead. Why?
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A patient suffering from high fever is advised to put wet cloth strips on his forehead because when water from cloth strips evaporates it takes away heat from the body of the patient thus reducing the temperature of the body.
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