Emil Theodor Kocher
Nobel Prize-winning Swiss physician
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Died
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Scientists & Innovators
Country
Switzerland
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A prominent Swiss physician and academic, focused on surgery and thyroid gland research. Published extensively on surgical techniques and offered significant contributions to endocrine surgery. Received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1909 for work on thyroid gland and its effect on metabolism. Served as a professor at the University of Bern and played a key role in establishing surgical practices in Switzerland.
Received Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1909
Conducted pioneering research on thyroid surgery
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