Emil Theodor Kocher
1841 – 1917 · aged 76
Surgeon, laureate of the 1909 Nobel Prize in Medicine (1841-1917)
- Born
- 25 Aug 1841 · Bern
- Died
- 27 Jul 1917 · Bern
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- 25 Aug 1841BornBorn in Bern
- 1900AwardHonorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons
- 1909AwardNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- 27 Jul 1917DiedDied in Bern
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- 1853 – 1856Crimean War
- 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
- 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
- 18961896 Summer Olympics
- 1898Spanish–American War
- 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
- 1914 – 1918World War I
- 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
- 1917Balfour Declaration
- 1917February Revolution
- 1917October Revolution
- 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
Biography
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.
Kocher was the first Swiss citizen and first surgeon to ever receive a Nobel Prize in Medicine. He was considered a pioneer and leader in the field of surgery in his time.
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