Quote by: Emil Theodor Kocher

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


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  • NameEmil Theodor Kocher
  • Descriptionsurgeon, laureate of the 1909 Nobel Prize in Medicine
  • AliasesEmil Theodor Kocher; Theodor E. Kocher
  • BornAugust 25, 1841
  • DiedJuly 27, 1917
  • CountrySwitzerland
  • ProfessionPhysician
  • AwardsNobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine