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Emil Kocher
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complete name:   Emil Theodor Kocher
nobel prize:   medicine
award year:   1909
prize share:   Prize share: 1/1
rational:   The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1909 was awarded to Emil Theodor Kocher "for his work on the physiology, pathology and surgery of the thyroid gland."
biography:   Biography
laureate facts:   Facts
laureate lecture:   Lecture
given name:   Emil
family name:   Kocher
occupation:   physician
occupation:   surgeon
occupation:   university teacher
field of work:   surgery
work location:   University of Bern, Main building of the University of Berne, Bern, Switzerland
description:   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. 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 field of surgery in his time.
image copyright:   Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive.
image citation:   The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1909. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1909/summary/>
date birth:   1841
date death:   1917
usual name:   Emil Kocher