Kocher, Emil Theodor

Claire EJ Herrick, London, London, UK

Published online: April 2001

DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002494

1841–1917 Swiss surgeon, and pioneer of thyroid surgery.

Keywords: thyroid; cretinism; thyroxin; Lister

 Further Reading
    book Kocher TE (1895) Textbook of Operative Surgery, Stiles HJ (transl.). London: Adam and Charles Black.
    book Bonjour E (1981) Theodor Kocher. Berne: P. Haupt.
    Obituary (1917) British Medical Journal ii: 168–169.
    Obituary (1917) Lancet ii: 167.
    book Stevenson LG (1953) Nobel Prize Winners in Medicine and Physiology, 1901–1950, pp. 57–61. New York: Henry Schuman.

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Herrick, Claire EJ(Apr 2001) Kocher, Emil Theodor. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0002494]