Alfred-Armand-Louis-Marie Velpeau

Alfred -Armand -Louis -Marie Velpeau (* May 28, 1795 near Tours; † August 24, 1867 ) was a French anatomist and surgeon.

Life

Velpeau was a student and assistant of Pierre Fidele Bretonneau ( 1778-1862 ). During his early career he was a surgeon in various hospitals in Paris. After the death of Alexis de Boyer (1757-1833) he held the chair of surgery at the Sorbonne. He remained there until his death in this position. One of his most famous students was Ramón Emeterio Betances, the father of the Puerto Rican independence movement.

Velpeau published more than 340 works on surgery, embryology, anatomy and obstetrics. In 1827 he first described the acute myeloid leukemia. In 1830 he published the well-known work Traité de l'art elementaire of accouchements about obstetrics. In 1839 he first described the acne inversa.