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A young Black scientist discovered a pivotal leprosy treatment in the 1920s − but an older colleague took the credit
Hansen’s disease, also called leprosy, is treatable today – and ... In a 1922 article, Hollmann documents how the 23-year-old Ball discovered how to chemically adapt chaulmoogra into an ...
‘Sculpted Souls' Director Stavros Psillakis on Telling the Story of a Swiss Dentist Who Treated People With Leprosy in Greece
The film looks at the history of the Hansenites - individuals affected by Hansen's disease, also known as leprosy - through ...
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World Leprosy Day 2022: Leprosy is curable but people who suffer from leprosy still experience stigma and discrimination
30 January marks World Leprosy Day. Leprosy is also sometimes known as Hansen’s Disease. Some people believed the illness is hereditary and a punishment from God, but really Leprosy is caused by ...