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BRACE, JULIA (1806-1884)

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 358 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BRACE, JULIA (1806-1884) , See also:American See also:blind See also:deaf-See also:mute, was See also:born at Newington, See also:Connecticut, on the 13th of See also:June 18o6. In her fifth See also:year she became blind and deaf, and lost the See also:power of speech. At the See also:age of eighteen she entered the See also:asylum for the deaf and dumb at See also:Hartford. The study of blind deaf-mutes and their scientific training was then in its See also:infancy; but she learnt to sew well, was neat in her See also:dress, and had a See also:good memory. Dr S. G. See also:Howe's experiments with her were interesting as leading to his success with Laura See also:Bridgman. She died at See also:Bloomington, See also:Conn., on the 12th of See also:August 1884.

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