Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Vel·peau bandage Variant:
or Vel·peau's bandage /vel-'pO(z)-/ Function:
noun : a bandage used to support andimmobilize the arm when the clavicle is fractured
Velápeau /vel-pO,/ Alfred–Armand–Louis–Marie (1795–1867), French surgeon. Velpeau was theleading French surgeon in the first half of the 19th century. In 1839 he introduced a bandage designed to support the arm in dislocation or fracture of the clavicle.
