Velpeau, Alfred

Alfred Velpeau
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Name	Velpeau, Alfred Gender: M
Birthname	Alfred Armand Louis Marie Velpeau
born on	18 May 1795 at 22:00 (= 10:00 PM )
Place	Brèches, France, 47n3414, 0e2322
Timezone	LMT m0e2322 (is local mean time)
Data source	Quoted BC/BR Rodden Rating AA Collector: Mandl
Astrology data	27°50' 01°32 Asc. 28°21'

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Alfred Velpeau

Biography

French anatomist, surgeon and author of over 340 titles on surgery, embryology, anatomy, and obstetrics. He is credited with providing the first accurate description of leukaemia in 1827. A wrapping used to immobilize the arm to the chest wall is known as a "Velpeau bandage". He died on 24 August 1867 at age 72 in Paris.

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Events

• Death, Cause unspecified 24 August 1867 (Age 72)
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Source Notes

Michaël Mandl quotes birth record [1].

Categories

• Vocation : Medical : Surgeon

• Vocation : Science : Biology (Anatomist)

• Vocation : Writers : Textbook/ Non-fiction

• Notable : Famous : Founder/ originator (Leukaemia, "Velpeau bandage")