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<\/a><\/p>\nBall’s name now appears on the LSHTM frieze<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nBorn in 1892 in Seattle, USA, Alice Augusta Ball became the first African American, and the first woman, to graduate with a Master\u2019s degree in Chemistry from the College of Hawaii. On graduating she also became the first woman to take up a teaching position within the university.<\/p>\n
Alongside teaching, Ball worked on developing a treatment for leprosy. It was this research that would, eventually, earn her a place within medical history. Ball pioneered a method — known as the Ball Method \u2013 for administering chaulmoogra oil. The oil was considered to be a promising treatment for leprosy, but a number of unfortunate side effects severely limited its efficacy. This issue was resolved by Ball who developed an injectable solution of the oil.<\/p>\n
Tragically, Ball died at the age of 24, before she had published her findings. Her work was continued by the president of the College of Hawaii, Arthur L. Dean, who took credit for Ball\u2019s discovery. Dean published the research under his own name, and until the 1940s \u2013 when the drug Dapsone was discovered \u2013 an injection of chaulmoogra oil was the most effective method of treating leprosy. It was not until much later that Ball\u2019s crucial role in the development of the treatment was recognised.<\/p>\n
Alice Ball\u2019s life and work is a story not only of the remarkable scientific achievements of a young woman, but also of the often hidden nature of women\u2019s contributions to history. It is only by celebrating trailblazing women such as Ball that we can begin to recognise the vital part women have played within science, and their often notable absence within the pages of history books. The addition of Alice Ball, Florence Nightingale and Marie Sklowdoska-Curie to LSHTM\u2019S frieze, goes some way to righting this wrong.<\/p>\n
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