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Chinese Empress Discovers Silk Secret
Description of the legend of the discovery of silk in ancient China by the Empress Lei-tzu.

Elizabeth Lee Hazen & Rachel Fuller Brown
They invented nystatin, an antifungal antibiotic, used to treat fungal infections in humans as well as Dutch elm disease and molds affecting artworks.