In the early 1900s, many people feared leprosy and saw the disease as a life sentence of isolation, with very few treatment options.
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The young chemist who transformed an ancient plant into an effective therapy - Earth.com
American chemist Alice Ball revolutionized leprosy treatment by making chaulmoogra oil injectable, decades before antibiotics.
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