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Which senses had Laura Bridgman lost before entering the Perkins School for the Blind?
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Samuel Gridley Howe
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Before entering the Perkins School for the Blind, Laura Bridgman had lost her senses of sight, hearing, smell, and taste. She lost these four senses at age two after contracting scarlet fever.12