Van Helsing's friendship with Seward is based in part upon an unknown prior event in which Van Helsing suffered a grievous wound, and Seward saved his life by sucking out the gangrene.
Van Helsingovo prijateljstvo sa Sewardom se dijelom temelji na nepoznatom prethodnom događaju u kojem je Van Helsing pretrpio tešku ozljedu i Seward mu je spasio život.