In 1916, Alice Augusta Ball, a brilliant African American chemist, changed the course of medical history when she developed the first effective treatment for leprosy using chaulmoogra oil. At just 23 years old, she gave hope to thousands who had been sentenced to death or forced into isolation.But her discovery was stolen, her credit erased, and for decades her genius went unrecognized.Today, we say her name with pride: Alice Ball. She is proof that Black brilliance has always been here. And it
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Alice Augusta Ball – The Hidden Chemist Who Killed Leprosy Have you ever heard of the young Black woman who helped cure leprosy — but almost no one gave her credit? Her name was Alice Augusta Ball, and she was a brilliant chemist born in Seattle in 1892. At just 23 years old, she discovered a way to turn the thick, hard-to-use chaulmoogra oil into a liquid that could be injected into patients. That discovery saved thousands of lives around the world. It became known as “The Ball Method.” But bef
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