<![CDATA[Topics tagged with chemist]]>https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/tags/chemistRSS for NodeSun, 08 Nov 2026 17:53:15 GMTInvalid Date60<![CDATA[Happy birthday to pharmaceutical #chemist Alice Ball (1892-1916) who developed 1st effective treatment for #leprosy.]]>Happy birthday to pharmaceutical Alice Ball (1892-1916) who developed 1st effective treatment for . Though her life was cut tragically short, her research saved 1000s from exile & painful, ineffective lifelong treatment for leprosy, & she was a trailblazer for both women & Black scientists.⁠
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Ball studied at UW earning a BSc & 2nd degree in pharmacy 2 years later. She published “Benzoylations in Ether

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