A device for inducing evaporation of a fluid from a bodily fluid-containing space in a mammal, the device comprising, in an integrated unit: air delivery subassembly comprising: an air inlet , an air outlet , an air flow path connecting said air inlet and said air outlet, an air inlet sensor configured to measure air temperature or pressure or both; a blower situated in said air flow path and configured to draw ambient air from said air inlet and force said ambient air through said air flow path and out said air outlet , a desiccant chamber situated in said air flow path and configured to receive a removable and replaceable desiccant element ; a heat sink situated in said air flow path and configured to remove heat added to air in said air flow path during removal of moisture from said air by said desiccant element ; an air outlet sensor configured to measure air temperature or pressure or both; a liquid delivery subassembly comprising: a liquid pump , configured to interface with a flexible liquid supply tube and to force liquid to be drawn into said flexible liquid supply tube from an external liquid source and out an outlet of said flexible liquid supply tube; wherein said air delivery subassembly and said liquid delivery subassembly maintain isolation between said air flow path and said liquid supply tube so that air in said air flow path and liquid in said liquid supply tube do not come into contact at any time prior to delivery to said mammal. air delivery subassembly comprising: an air inlet , an air outlet , an air flow path connecting said air inlet and said air outlet, an air inlet sensor configured to measure air temperature or pressure or both; a blower situated in said air flow path and configured to draw ambient air from said air inlet and force said ambient air through said air flow path and out said air outlet , a desiccant chamber situated in said air flow path and configured to receive a removable and replaceable desiccant element ; a heat sink situated in said air flow path and configured to remove heat added to air in said air flow path during removal of moisture from said air by said desiccant element ; an air outlet sensor configured to measure air temperature or pressure or both; an air inlet , an air outlet , an air flow path connecting said air inlet and said air outlet, an air inlet sensor configured to measure air temperature or pressure or both; a blower situated in said air flow path and configured to draw ambient air from said air inlet and force said ambient air through said air flow path and out said air outlet , a desiccant chamber situated in said air flow path and configured to receive a removable and replaceable desiccant element ; a heat sink situated in said air flow path and configured to remove heat added to air in said air flow path during removal of moisture from said air by said desiccant element ; an air outlet sensor configured to measure air temperature or pressure or both; a liquid delivery subassembly comprising: a liquid pump , configured to interface with a flexible liquid supply tube and to force liquid to be drawn into said flexible liquid supply tube from an external liquid source and out an outlet of said flexible liquid supply tube; wherein said air delivery subassembly and said liquid delivery subassembly maintain isolation between said air flow path and said liquid supply tube so that air in said air flow path and liquid in said liquid supply tube do not come into contact at any time prior to delivery to said mammal. <EOS>