Treating Sleeping Sickness. The type of treatment depends on the stage of the disease. Drugs used in the first stage of the disease are of lower toxicity and are easier to administer. However, treatment success in the second stage of the disease depends on a drug that can cross the blood-brain barrier.
Definition of casinghead gas. : natural gas rich in hydrocarbon vapors that is taken without processing from an oil well.
1 Casing is the multiple layers of steel and cement inside the drilled hole used to protect water aquifers. 2  The specific length, thickness, strength and composition of casing is regulated at the state level. 3  Illustration Courtesy of the Texas Oil & Gas Association.