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Alice Augusta Ball (July 24, 1892 – December 31, 1916) was an American chemist who developed the "Ball Method" for making ethyl ester derivatives of chaulmoogra oil, which were used as a treatment for leprosy during the early 20th century. [1]
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Ball, Alice Augusta: 1892–1916 Chemist: Developed a technique to make chaulmoogra oil injectable and absorbable, for the first effective treatment of Hansen's disease (leprosy) [15] Banneker, Benjamin: 1731–1806 Almanac author; surveyor; farmer
An ethyl ester of the oil (the "Ball method") was developed by Alice Ball in 1916, [20] [21] who died suddenly before publishing the technique. Her work was stolen by Arthur L. Dean who began producing large quantities of the treatment and named it after himself.