Cold?

It's amazing to me to see medical advice given by people who are not professionals. I was looking up whether or not people still advise to put people in cold baths in case of a fever. In general, you don't see that advice anymore, but you see people who say they shouldn't take hot baths either.

From http://www.seattlechildrens.org/child_health_safety/health_advice/fever.asp it suggests sponge baths starting at 90F and then raising the temperature of the water in case the child feels chills. It doesn't seem to warn against the temperature getting too high.

Also, from a cold's perspective, University of Illinois McKinley Health Center, http://www.mckinley.uiuc.edu/Handouts/colds_self_care_guide/colds_self_care_guide.html, says that baths may make you feel better and they don't give any warning about the temperature. If it would be a bad thing, I would think that they would provide warnings.