The Forgotten Fruit Behind the Fight Against Leprosy - CHAULMOOGRA FRUIT (History Unpeeled)

Episode: 777 Chaulmoogra
Species: Hydnocarpus sp.
Location: Bangkok, Thailand & NYC, USA

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MUSIC:
"Nonstop" "midday dance" "mystic force" "Ecossaise in E-flat" By Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...

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Sources
https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ing...
https://archive.org/details/americand...
confusion with gynocardia odorta, still goes on today, researchgate.net gets it wrong..
https://www.austriaca.at/0xc1aa500d_0...
https://www.statista.com/statistics/8...
https://theconversation.com/humans-ga...
https://www.cdc.gov/leprosy/symptoms/...
https://www.britannica.com/science/le...
https://www.cdc.gov/leprosy/world-lep...
a bit about g. odorata
https://medicineonscreen.nlm.nih.gov/...
https://www.nytimes.com/1924/07/14/ar...
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-x...

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Chapters
0:00-2:34 What does chaulmoogra fruit taste like?
2:34-4:12 The legend of how chaulmoogra was discovered
4:12-7:21 What is leprosy?
7:21-13:45 The Social Stigma about Leprosy Past and Present
13:45-19:10 How Leprosy used to be treated
19:10-23:49 Traditional use of chaulmoogra oil
23:49-27:00 How Chaulmoogra was introduced to the West
27:00-29:53 Chaulmoogra Seed review
29:53-36:18 Alice Ball and an improved leprosy medication
36:18-39:14 Moogral Review, a manufactured medicine for leprosy
39:14-41:49 How Chaulmoogra Fruit came to be grown in the USA
41:49-47:23 The Problem with Chaulmoogra Oil
47:23-51:08 How Leprosy is cured today
51:08-54:41 Will there ever be an end to Leprosy?
54:41-57:15 How Leprosy will be defeated

SPECIAL THANKS:
Smarter Every Day, Joseph McCorkle, Bill T