The progression of the war demonstrated the South's disadvantage in engineering expertise; of the initial 65 cadets who resigned from West Point to accept positions with the Confederate Army, only seven were placed in the Corps of Engineers.
Gleostine TM (lomustine) (CCNU) is one of the nitrosoureas used in the treatment of certain neoplastic diseases. It is 1-(2-chloro-ethyl)-3-cyclohexyl-1-nitrosourea. It is a yellow powder with the empirical formula of C 9 H 16 ClN 3 O 2. It is relatively un-ionized at a physiological pH.
an anticholinesterase used in the treatment of myasthenia gravis and glaucoma and as an antidote for nondepolarizing muscle relaxants, such as tubocurarine. neostigmine test. muscle weakness caused by myastenia gravis is temporarily reversed following the administration of neostigmine; used as a diagnostic test.