5. The Kocher patient
together with 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 after the
operation she
stopped growing and
became cretinoid.
(From Kocher, T.
Arch Klin Chir
29:254-337,1883)