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

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)

The moist warmth under the wet pack produces this relaxation of the skin in a perfectly natural manner.

From Nature Cure by Lindlahr, Henry

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

From Every Step in Canning by Gray, Grace Viall

Nearly all the trade now calls for "wet pack" because the other always has a rather offensive odor and the meat is never so fresh and sweet of flavor as the "wet pack."

From Every Step in Canning by Gray, Grace Viall