Pack for moist patient therapy

A pack for moist patient therapy, comprising:

• a wet dressing having absorbent layer means for placement toward a patient, and a backing sheet of liquid and bacteria impervious material covering a back surface of the layer means, the material of said backing sheet being resistant to heat under normal sterilization temperatures;
• an envelope of liquid and bacteria impervious material defining a closed cavity, with the material of said envelope being heat conductive and resistant to heat at normal sterilization temperatures, with said dressing being folded along a lateral central fold line defining first and second end sections of approximately equal length, and with the dressing received in said cavity with said backing sheet facing outwardly from the folded dressing;
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• a sterile liquid received in said cavity in a sufficient volume to impregnate the absorbent layer means of the dressing.