Claimant worked for some years as an electrician. He was required to do work involving the use of pressure on his hands, including work with electric drills and hammers, pipe benders, winches and hydraulic presses. In 1951 he noticed a swelling in the palm of his left hand and in 1955 he became disabled from Dupuytren's Contracture. It is undisputed that he has this disease and that he is disabled; the issue is whether the disease was induced by the occupation. Appellants...
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