title: Theodor Kocher's surgical and clinical case presentations.
abstract: The results of an analysis of the clinical case presentations elaborated in manuscript by Theodor Kocher (1841-1917) in his first years as a professor at the University of Bern, Switzerland (1872-75), are summarized in order to indicate a hitherto little-known source for the history of surgery and to illustrate the early career of the Nobel Prize winner of 1909.
authors.affiliation: oisepponi@bluewin.ch
authors.forename: Oliver
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Isepponi
authors.forename: Valentin
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Huwiler
authors.forename: Urs
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Boschung
mesh_terms: D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D008499:Medical Records; D009613:Nobel Prize; D013557:Switzerland