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A young Black scientist discovered a pivotal leprosy treatment in the 1920s − but an older colleague took the credit

  • Written by Mark M. Lambert, Assistant Professor of Behavioral Medicine, Medical Humanities, and Bioethics, Des Moines University
A young Black scientist discovered a pivotal leprosy treatment in the 1920s − but an older colleague took the creditThe island of Molokai, where the Ball Method successfully treated leprosy sufferers.Albert Pierce Taylor

Hansen’s disease, also called leprosy, is treatable today – and that’s partly thanks to a curious tree and the work of a pioneering young scientist in the 1920s. Centuries prior to her discovery, sufferers had no remedy for...

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