Ep7: Alice Ball

Babes of Science by babesofscience

Feb 22, 201608:35Science & Medicine

IN THIS EPISODE Poncie talks about Alice Ball, who found one of the first treatments for leprosy. After Alice Ball's method was used, some of the first patients from leper colonies are released from isolation, and can re...

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