The thyroid cells take up iodine with particular avidity and are able to store it up in great quantities. – Emil Theodor Kocher
Seldom in the history of medicine has the recognition of the most effective cure followed as swiftly on the heels of the discovery of a disease as the establishment of the complete effectiveness of iodothyrin and thyroidin followed the recognition of cachexia thyreopriva. – Emil Theodor Kocher
