Alice Ball with Torrie Laine

Our guest this episode is local artist Torrie Laine. Alice Ball died at the early age of 24 but she made a discovery that would later save countless lives by curing Leprosy. Damn you Dirty Dean! Hosted by Dylan Gardner, music by Gwen Mylls.    Sources: Sources:  https://www.biography.com/scientist/alice-ball  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Ball  https://wineurope.eu/the-rape-of-the-discoveries/  Dehn, William M.; Ball, Alice A. (1914). "Benzoylations in Ether Solution". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 36 (10): 2091–2101. doi:10.1021/ja02187a015  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leprosy#Stigma  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leprosy_stigma  https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/05/when-the-last-patient-dies/394163/  https://www.cnn.com/2015/09/09/health/leprosy-kalaupapa-hawaii