The Kocher patient
togetherwith her sister
before the operation.
The patient was then
taller than her little
sister.
(From Kocher, T. Arch
Klin Chir
29:254-337,1883)
6.
Nine years afterthe
operation she
stopped growing and
became cretinoid.
(From Kocher, T.
Arch Klin Chir
29:254-337,1883)