埃米爾·特奧多爾·科赫爾

埃米爾 · 特奧多爾 · 科赫爾 （ Emil Theodor Kocher ) 出生於伯恩 ， 是一位瑞士科學家 。 曾在蘇黎世 、 柏林 、 倫敦與維也納接受教育或進行研究 ， 在1865年得到博士學位 。 1909年 ， 因爲對甲狀腺的治療 、 生理學與病理學研究而獲得諾貝爾生理學或醫學獎 。 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. He 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.