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Emil Theodor Kocher

Seldom in the history of medicine has the recognition of the most effective cure followed as swiftly on the heels of the discovery of a disease as the establishment of the complete effectiveness of iodothyrin and thyroidin followed the recognition of cachexia thyreopriva.

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The thyroid cells take up iodine with particular avidity and are able to store it up in great quantities.

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Emil Theodor Kocher

Born: August 25, 1841
Died: July 27, 1917
Nationality: Swiss
Profession: Surgeon

Biography

Emil Theodor Kocher 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.

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