title: Emil Theodor Kocher (1841-1917): thyroid surgeon and Nobel laureate.
authors.affiliation: University of Hawaii, USA.
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shigaki
mesh_terms: D004704:Endocrinology / Q000266:history*; D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009613:Nobel Prize; D010827:Physiology / Q000266:history; D013525:Surgical Instruments / Q000266:history; D013557:Switzerland; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000266:history* / Q000601:surgery