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Seldom in the history of medicine has the recognition of the most effective cure followed as swiftly on the heels of the discovery of a disease as the establishment of the complete effectiveness of iodothyrin and thyroidin followed the recognition of cachexia thyreopriva.


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Author Bio


  • 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