1822 J. M. Good IV. 626 Whence the French name of croute de lait, and our own of milky-scall.
1833 R. Dunglison II. 204/1 Porrigo Larvalis, Crusta lactea..Tinea lactea, Milky scall or Tetter... It commonly appears..in an eruption of numerous, minute, whitish achores on a red surface.