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
The island of Molokai, where the Ball Method successfully treated leprosy sufferers.Albert Pierce TaylorHansen’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...
