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Emil Theodor Kocher
Emil Theodor Kocher was a Swiss physician and medical researcher.
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Emil Theodor Kocher25.8.1841
Wikipedia (15 Apr 2014, 08:23)
Emil Theodor Kocher (25 August 1841 – 27 July 1917) was a Swiss physician and medical researcher who received the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in the physiology, pathology and surgery of the thyroid. Among his many accomplishments are the introduction and promotion of aseptic surgery and scientific methods in surgery, specifically reducing the mortality of thyroidectomies below 1% in his operations.
He was the first Swiss citizen and the first surgeon to ever receive a Nobel prize. He was considered a pioneer and leader in the fieldfield of surgery in his time.
Kocher's forceps, a surgical instrument with serrated blades and interlocking teeth at the tips used to control bleeding in surgery, is named after him.
