Talk:Laura Bridgman

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What's with this distinction between "Publications" and "References"? Bridgman doesn't seem to have written the two works in the Publications section, so as far as I can tell, the distinction is worthless- they are all references for her life. --maru (talk) contribs 22:21, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

You're right. I merged the two sections. ntennis 17:03, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Why Laura Bridgman was always blindfolded? Did her eyes look that terrible?

      It was commonplace in the 19th century to have people with blindness wear dark glasses
The article also mentions that "the loss of her eye-balls occasioned some deformity," so it sounds like they were removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Clsn (talkcontribs) 04:53, 19 February 2008 (UTC)