wet pack

American  

noun

Medicine/Medical.

1. a type of bath in which wet sheets are applied to the patient.

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wet pack British  

noun

1. med a hot or cold damp sheet or blanket for wrapping around a patient

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Example Sentences

I emerged, soaked, and returned the wet pack to my back.

From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2011

There are two general methods of canning shrimp—the "dry pack" and "wet pack."

From Every Step in Canning by Gray, Grace Viall

An occasional wet pack sheet is of great value.

From The Royal Road to Health by Tyrrell, Charles Alfred

In employing the wet pack two beds should be placed side by side.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

We piled a wet pack of handkerchiefs and gauze on his stomach, over the right lower angle, where the appendix ought to be; and we changed it before it got warmed.

From Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies by Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)