MEDICAL REPORT, EATON REINDEER STATION. 



By F. H. (Jambell, M. D., Remk^il Physirinv. 



Eatox Reindeer Station, Alaska, 



Juue 30, 1SD9. 



Dear Sir: Herein I have the honor of making- to 3^011 my annual 

 report of the duties devolving- upon me as physician and surgeon of 

 this .station. Also, I have the pleasure of including, in connection 

 with this report, a statement regarding the school and its work dur- 

 ing the present year. 



My duties began, as you are aware, at Port Townsend, Wash., 

 where I first met with the Norwegians and Laplanders, who wert^ then 

 in charge of Regnor Dahl. I accompanied that division of the party 

 eml)arking upon the Louise J. Kenny and after thirty-seven days 

 rough sailing, with contrary winds a good part of the time, we reached 

 our destination, Uualaklik, Alaska, ''putting in'' but once, namely, 

 at Dutch Harbor, for fresh water. 



Bai-ring the sickness incident to a sea voyage, the health of the 

 part}^ was excellent while on board the ship, with the exception of 

 one man who was suffering with acute pleuritis, having taken sick a 

 few days before leaving- land. 



During the latter part of the voyage, when the sea was at its high- 

 est, and the waves were washing the deck, a little child was born to 

 a Mr. and Mrs. Aslak Gaup, which was considered a good omen by 

 the sailors on the ship. If the fair winds which prevailed thereafter 

 were due to the fact that a child had been l)orn, many were the passen- 

 gers who regretted that such an event could not have occurred at the 

 beginning of our long voj^age. 



When I visited the site upon which the station buildings were to be 

 erected, I found it to be a dry and healthful place, well protected l)y 

 a high bluff' to the north, while to the south is a pleasing A'iew of the 

 valley of the Unalaklik and the mountains of the Yukon; looking to 

 the west, the blue waters of the sea can be seen, while up the river 

 the valle}^ gradually narrows between the two mountain ranges until 

 it is lost to view. 



