KOCHER, EMIL THEODOR

āˈmĭl tāˈōdôr kôkhˈər, 1841–1917, Swiss surgeon, M.D. Univ. of Bern, 1865. He was professor of surgery at Bern (1872–1911). For his work on the physiology, pathology, and surgery of the thyroid gland—which he was the first (1876) to excise in cases of goiter—he received the 1909 Nobel Prize in Medicine. He was a skilled surgeon and a pioneer in the application of asepsis. His works include a textbook on operative surgery (1894).

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The Who's Who of Nobel Prize Winners, 1901-2000
Book by Louise S. Sherby; Oryx Press, 2002
Subjects: Biography--20th Century--Dictionaries, Nobel Prizes
...P.A.C. 1914 Richards, Theodore William 15 Prize : Chemistry...Children: Grace Thayer, daughter; William Theodore, son; Greenough Thayer, son. Career...Scribners, 1975 Volume 11 , 416 18. Theodore William Richards Memorial Lecture...
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A Century of Nobel Prizes Recipients: Chemistry, Physics, and Medicine
Book by Francis Leroy; Marcel Dekker, 2003
Subjects: Scientists--Biography
...a number of elements. Theodore W. Richards studied chemistry...Then, encouraged by Emil Fischer who visited...Wilhelm Ostwald and Emil Fischer in Germany...1926 Svedberg, Theodor (Flerang, Sweden...thesis, this ex-student of Emil Fischer devoted himself...
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Science & Technology Almanac
Book by Lynn Lauerman; Greenwood Press, 2002
Subjects: Science--Periodicals, Technology--Periodicals
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The Epic History of Biology
Book by Anthony Serafini; Plenum Press, 1993
Subjects: Biologists, Biology--History, Medical Scientists, Medicine--History
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The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing Biblical, Historical, Doctrinal, and Practical Theology and Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Biography from the Earliest Times to the Present Day - Vol. 7
Book by Samuel Macauley Jackson, George William Gilmore; Funk and Wagnalls Company, 1908
Subjects: Theology--Encyclopedias
...Germany. EMIL EGLI , Th.D...CHRISTIAN THEODOR FICKER, Ph.D...GOTTHILF PAUL EMIL LEOPOLD FRIEDRICH...Church, London. THEODOR FRIEDRICH SCHOTT...Bonn. LUDWIG THEODOR SCHULZE, Ph.D...of Berlin. EMIL SEHLING, Dr. Jur...
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Kocher, Emil Theodor
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
KOCHER, EMIL THEODOR a mil ta odor kokh r, 1841 1917, Swiss surgeon, M.D. Univ. of Bern, 1865. He was professor of surgery at Bern (1872 1911...
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Nobel Prizes
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...Sienkiewicz 1906 Theodore Roosevelt Henri Moissan...Marconi K. F. Braun Emil T. Kocher Selma Lagerlof 1910...Briand Gustav Stresemann Theodor Svedberg J. B. Perrin...Albert Claude George Emil Palade Christian de Duve...


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