Abstract
ABSTRACT To the Editor: —After noting Dr. Green's (J. A. M. A.152:757 [June 20] 1953) and Dr. Lane's (J. A. M. A.152:1067 [July 11] 1953) letters, and also for statistical purposes, I would like to add another published case of milker's nodules in New England (Ronchese, F.: Occupational Marks, New York, Grune & Stratton, 1948, p. 162 [fig. 150]). These were seen on a farm worker in July, 1941. Site, clinical appearance, and histopathology contributed to the diagnosis. This is the only case I have seen in 25 years of practice in Rhode Island. The rarity undoubtedly is due to the milking machine having replaced manual labor on many farms. For this reason, milker's nodules are of little value as marks of the trade. A warty lesion on a farmer is not necessarily a milker's nodule. With uncertain bacteriological and histological features, I am inclined to rely
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