At the request of . • • Harrison (title) • • • I am forvmrd- 
ing to you a statement in duplicate regarding my knowledge of an eye 
injury to Ur. Ed Verl^rA who was cook on the vessel Tondeleyo while . . . 
In addition to my duties as . . , technologist. . . I ad- 
ministered first aid wherever needed. ... It is my belief that 
Mr. Verburg was injured in line of duty and that the explosion of 
the stove is the direct cause. ixcRsc All the men were required to 
have physical examinations before the trip. I recall from Mr. Ver- 
burg ’s medical fom that there was no previous eye injury. 
The injury came to my attention immediately after the 
explosion. I wished the eye with dilute boric acid and applied burn 
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oitninent "to the face. Treatmeiit of the ej^’e continued for about a 
week, when the burning sensation seemed to cease. Captain Helson 
was asked to move the vessel into port where a doctor could be 
reached after Mr. Verburg complained that he was losing the sight 
of his eye. He refused to do so immediately. On the insistence of 
Dr. Waldo L. Schmitt (title). . . the Captain, on November 11, 1940, 
maxHiixidiaxxBk gave permission for Mr. Verburg to go on the Dorothy 
to Kodiak. Dr. Schmitt and I accompanied him. There is no Public 
Health Service doctor in Kodisik, so Mr. Verburg was taken to a 
private physician. He treated the eye with ointment and suggested 
that Mr. \/'erburg go to an eye specialist immediately upon his return 
its began in Seattle Decetaber 12, 1940. 
