Alfred-Armand-Louis-Marie Velpeau

In 1843 he succeeded Dominique Jean Larrey (1766–1842) at the Académie des sciences (section of medicine and surgery).

[1] Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican pro-independence leader, surgeon and Légion d'honneur laureate, was one of Velpeau's prominent students.

Shortly afterwards, it was translated into English and issued as "An elementary treatise on midwifery: or Principles of tocology and embryology" (1831).

A second French edition was published in 1835 with the title Traité complet de l'art des accouchements, etc.

[3] Other works by Velpeau that have been translated into English are: Nouveaux éléments de médecine opératoire (1832) as "New elements of operative surgery" (1856) and Traité des maladies du sein et de la région mammaire as "A treatise on the diseases of the breast and mammary region" (1856).