Show Notes
Our guest this episode is local artist Torrie Laine. Alice Ball died at the early age of 24 but she made a discovery that would later save countless lives by curing Leprosy. Damn you Dirty Dean! Hosted by Dylan Gardner, music by Gwen Mylls.
Sources:
Sources:
https://www.biography.com/scientist/alice-ball
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Ball
https://wineurope.eu/the-rape-of-the-discoveries/
Dehn, William M.; Ball, Alice A. (1914). "Benzoylations in Ether Solution". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 36 (10): 2091–2101. doi:10.1021/ja02187a015
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leprosy#Stigma
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leprosy_stigma
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/05/when-the-last-patient-dies/394163/
https://www.cnn.com/2015/09/09/health/leprosy-kalaupapa-hawaii
