In the book, Dracula, by Stoker, a group of people are out to take down Count Dracula once and for all, in hopes of preventing his evil from permeating in the rest of society. This small group is led prominently by Van Helsing. Helsing is not a well-known doctor. His medical practices are different and rather skeptical to most people. He is rather quite shunned from the general people. Even the people who want to get rid of Count Dracula, are hesitant with following Helsing. However, ironically, Helsing is the one who saves society from evil. His practices and beliefs proved to be very strategical and effective in the end. Helsing's conflict in society uniquely benefits the whole.
When a dear friend of the protagonist, Mina and Jonathan Harker, Lucy dies because of Dracula, everyone becomes drenched in fear. Her death was not a common death. A continuous lack of blood and her eerie change in behavior suggested that no common medical procedure could help Lucy live. Even the town's Dr. Seward who is proficient and knowledgable in the field of Western medicine fails to help Lucy. In the end, Van Helsing is called to take care of her. He uses odd methods such as spreading garlic flowers around the room and transfusing blood directly to her. These methods puzzled everyone at first, but Lucy became better -she died because her mother removed the garlic flowers, and her blood was drained out too much that blood transfusions didn't do any good.
Helsing's beneficiary practices can also be seen when Lucy arises from her grave. Helsing and few of the other men one night see Lucy out of her grave, drinking blood from a crying infant. To prevent Lucy from killing other innocent people, Helsing tries to weaken her with a communion wafer and cross. To put her in 'peace' forever, he also advises the men to cut her head off and stab her heart. Dr. Seward and her ex-fiancee are hesitant with mutiliating her corpse, but nevertheless, they follow and respsect Helsing's advice. Once they do so, they see that Lucy's anger and evil disappeared from her body and face. They are assured she is at rest and feel glad they listened to Helsing.
Through these events, Helsing gained the men's respect and trust. He starts leading the group to once and for all diminish Count Dracula so innocent people would no longer die. When Mina gets 'infected' with Dracula's blood, he observes a change in her behavior. To contain her, Dracula uses his communion wafers multiple times and shouts out religious verses. In the final confrontation, Helsing destroys all of Dracula's boxes full of sand which is needed to keep him in during the daylight. He also marks up the gate to Dracula's castle so he would not be able to enter. Under Helsing's leadership and advisement, the men are able to track down Dracula and kill him. Mina gets better and everyone lives in peace after. There happened to no longer be any more mysterious deaths, disappearances, and behaviors.
Nobody in town used to need Helsing's help. Everyone relied upon the friendly, young Dr. Seward who has been able to help the sick with medical treatments. Helsing's obscure practices were in conflict with the general belief of the society which relies on practical western medicine and looks down upon superstition. This was the general idea back in the Victorian ages in Europe. However, when society fell in danger, Helsing was the only one who was knowlegable enough about the "undead" to help. If the men did not accept Helsing's help then Dracula would have prevailed. If Dracula remained alive, he would have destructed all social constructs. He would have lured in as many women as he could so he could use them as pawns to further control the men, thus owning society. Though Helsing was initially perceived as an 'outcast' he was the one who saved society.