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Emil Theodor Kocher

1841 - 1917

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Emil Theodor Kocher is the 57th most popular physician (up from 58th in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 45th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swiss Physician.

Emil Theodor Kocher was a Swiss surgeon who is most famous for his discovery of the bacterial cause of peptic ulcers.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Emil Theodor Kocher ranks 57 out of 726. Before him are Alexis Carrel, Emil von Behring, Joseph Murray, Peter C. Doherty, Gabor Maté, and Emil Kraepelin. After him are Charles Nicolle, Thutmose IV, Philippe Pinel, Samuel Hahnemann, Gerhard Domagk, and Jean-Martin Charcot.

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Among people born in 1841, Emil Theodor Kocher ranks 11. Before him are Berthe Morisot, Nicholas I of Montenegro, Georges Clemenceau, Maria Sophie of Bavaria, Itō Hirobumi, and Otto Wagner. After him are Frédéric Bazille, Henri Fayol, Henry Morton Stanley, Félix Faure, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., and Armand Fallières. Among people deceased in 1917, Emil Theodor Kocher ranks 12. Before him are L. L. Zamenhof, Liliʻuokalani, Eduard Buchner, Adolf von Baeyer, Ferdinand von Zeppelin, and Emil von Behring. After him are Edward Burnett Tylor, Buffalo Bill, Franz Brentano, Dragutin Dimitrijević, John William Waterhouse, and Ludwig Minkus.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Emil Theodor Kocher ranks 33 out of 1,015. Before him are Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921), Conrad Gessner (1516), Bruno Ganz (1941), Arnold Böcklin (1827), Albert Hofmann (1906), and Jacob Burckhardt (1818). After him are Joan Gamper (1877), Carlo Maderno (1556), Felix Bloch (1905), Franz Mesmer (1734), Johann Jakob Balmer (1825), and Paul Hermann Müller (1899).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Switzerland

Among physicians born in Switzerland, Emil Theodor Kocher ranks 2. Before him are Paracelsus (1493). After him are Franz Mesmer (1734), Eugen Bleuler (1857), Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (1926), Walter Rudolf Hess (1881), Alexandre Yersin (1863), Rolf M. Zinkernagel (1944), Albrecht von Haller (1708), Friedrich Miescher (1844), Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672), and Maximilian Bircher-Benner (1867).

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