title: Towards endocrinology: Theodor Kocher's 1883 account of the unexpected effects of total ablation of the thyroid.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern, Finkenhubelweg 11, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland. utroehler@ispm.unibe.ch
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Tröhler
mesh_terms: D004704:Endocrinology / Q000266:history*; D005858:Germany; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000266:history* / Q000601:surgery; D013965:Thyroidectomy / Q000266:history*