This bath is given in the same manner as the wet-sheet pack, except that
the wet sheet extends only from the armpits to the hips. The blankets
are wrapped about the patient in the manner described for the full pack.
All the precautions given in connection with the description of that
bath are applicable to this.
This bath is frequently employed in cases of patients who are too feeble
to bear the full pack, or as a preparatory treatment for that bath. It
is much milder than the full pack, and is usually more agreeable to the
patient, as it does not confine him so closely. It is a very useful
remedy in all inflammations of the abdominal organs, gastralgia,
pleurisy, acute bronchitis, croup, and pneumonia. When a hot application
is required, it is well to use a woolen sheet instead of a cotton one.
It requires the same after-treatment as the full pack.