Kocher

[ koh-ker; German koh-khuh r ]

/ ˈkoʊ kər; German ˈkoʊ xər /

E·mil The·o·dor

[ey-meel tey-oh-dohr] /ˈeɪ mil ˈteɪ oʊˌdoʊr/,1841–1917, Swiss physiologist, pathologist, and surgeon: Nobel Prize 1909.

Example sentences from the Web for kocher

Kocher's plan of cutting successively all the muscles affected has given varying results, according to de Quervain.

Tics and Their Treatment |Henry Meigne
The head is then forcibly flexed towards the opposite side, after which it can be rotated into its normal attitude (Kocher).

Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. |Alexander Miles
Kocher considers it advisable to operate if the patient becomes breathless on making pressure on the goitre from side to side.

Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. |Alexander Miles
Before an operation the silk is again boiled for ten minutes in the same solution, and is used directly from this (Kocher).

Manual of Surgery |Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles

The nomad Kūrds, Kocher, who always dwell in tents, are the wealthiest and most independent.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 8 |Various

Kocher

[ kô′kər, -KHər ]

Emil Theodor 1841-1917

Swiss surgeon. He won a 1909 Nobel Prize for work on the thyroid gland.