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.
Casing and tubing strings are the main parts of the well construction. All wells drilled for the purpose of oil or gas production (or injecting materials into underground formations) must be cased with material with sufficient strength and functionality.