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Alice Ball with Torrie Laine

Alice Ball with Torrie Laine

Released Saturday, 24th September 2022
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Alice Ball with Torrie Laine

Alice Ball with Torrie Laine

Alice Ball with Torrie Laine

Alice Ball with Torrie Laine

Saturday, 24th September 2022
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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 

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