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Mar 1, 2018 · Alice Ball was an African American chemist who developed the first successful treatment for those suffering from Hansen’s disease (leprosy).
Alice Augusta Ball (July 24, 1892 – December 31, 1916) was an American chemist who developed the "Ball Method" for making ethyl ester derivatives of chaulmoogra oil, which were used as a treatment for leprosy during the early 20th century.
Mar 23, 2022 · Alice Ball was just 23 years old when she developed a method of making chaulmoogra oil—an early treatment for leprosy—more easily injectable.
Alice Ball was an African-American chemist famous for developing the Ball Method, a technique that used a water-soluble form of chaulmoogra oil to treat leprosy.
Alice Augusta Ball was an African American chemist who developed an injectable oil extract that was the most effective treatment for leprosy until the 1940s. She was the first woman and first African American to receive a master's degree from the University of Hawaii, she was also the first female chemistry professor at the university.
Feb 28, 2018 · Alice Augusta Ball developed an injectable form of chaulmoogra oil, which was used for 20 years to treat Hansen’s disease, also known as leprosy.
Apr 8, 2023 · The Ball Method wasn’t a cure, but it was as close to one as anybody got by 1922. It was named for Alice Ball, a Black chemist who had developed her formula in 1915 when she was 23.
Apr 11, 2023 · Alice Ball died at 24 on Dec. 31, 1916, in Seattle. She had taken a leave of absence from her teaching position because of an illness that an article in The Pacific Commercial Advertiser, a Honolulu newspaper, attributed to exposure to chlorine gas during a laboratory demonstration.
Feb 7, 2020 · Alice Ball was a chemist who developed the most effective treatment for leprosy in the early 1900s. Joining me now to talk about the story of Alice Ball and her legacy is Dagmawi Abebe. He’s director of The Ball Method, a short film about Alice Ball.
Sep 2, 2023 · Alice Augusta Ball: the African-American chemist who pioneered the first viable treatment for Hansen's disease.
