Erased from Science
Alice Ball

Alice Ball — Matilda Effect

Discover those history has long ignored. Dive into their discoveries, struggles and legacy.

Alice Ball, the overlooked researcher

Alice Ball, a brilliant chemist, revolutionised leprosy treatment before being erased from history. Rediscover her remarkable story.

Alice Ball

Women in science — literature

Literature recovers the memory of women in science and gives them deserved recognition.

open book

The Ball Method, explained

Learn the chemical process that allowed Alice Ball to treat leprosy using chaulmoogra oil.

Alice Ball's laboratory

The Ball Method — cinema and tribute

The short film "The Ball Method" brings attention back to this young chemist and her erased legacy.

The Ball Method poster

The Little Book of Major Epidemics

A book to understand major struggles against disease — reflecting Alice Ball's fight.

Cover of The Little Book of Major Epidemics