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

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

There is nothing able to relieve the patient as much as the dampness of the wet pack.

From Hydriatic treatment of Scarlet Fever in its Different Forms by Munde, Charles

In fevers of great violence the systematic application of cold by means of baths or the wet pack is capable in some cases of rendering important service.

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

The girls had taken the wet pack from Jim and were dragging it up the bluff.

From The Meadow-Brook Girls in the Hills The Missing Pilot of the White Mountains by Aldridge, Janet