Emil Theodor Kocher 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.
Emil Theodor Kocher
Bust of Theodor Kocher (created by Karl Hänny)
Burgdorf is the largest city in the Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It was the capital of the district of the same name until 2010, when it became part of the new Emmental district.
Old city of Burgdorf
The Burgdorf castle, first built in 1175, now contains a museum founded in 1886.
Burgdorf castle in 1895
Kronenplatz in Burgdorf, part of the old city