493. Misbranding: of Dr. Shreve's Anti-Gall-Stone Remedy.     U. S. v. 8 Packages
of Dr. Shreve's Anti-Gall-Stone Remedy.     Default decree of condemnation /
and destruction.     (F. D. C. No. 3161.    Sample No. 30909-E.) 
This preparation consisted of a bottle of liquid and an envelope containing
pills labeled "Dr. Shreve's S and L Pills."
On October 23, 1940, the United States attorney for the Northern District?(
of Indiana filed a libel against 8 packages of Dr.   Shreve's Anti-Gall-Stone
Remedy at Michigan Gity, Ind., alleging that the article had been shipped on or
about May 11, 1940, by Dr. Shreve's Medicine Co. from Newton, Iowa; and
charging that it was misbranded.
Analysis of a sample of the article showed that the liquid consisted essen-
tially of limewater containing a white sediment and flavored with sassafras;
and that the pills contained plant material (including a laxative plant drug)
and metallic mercury (equivalent to 0.68 grain of mercury with chalk per
pill), and were coated with sugar and calcium carbonate.
The Anti-Gall-Stone Remedy was alleged to be misbranded in that the fol-
lowing statements on the wrapper and bottle label, "Anti-Gall-Stone Remedy,"
and statements in an accompanying circular representing that it would be
efficacious as a gall-stone remedy; that it would produce a chemical change in
the gall and would alter the secretions of the gall bladder, liver, kidneys, and
bladder; and that it would place the system in a better condition, were false
and misleading since it would not be efficacious for such purposes.
Dr. Shreve's S and L Pills were alleged to be misbranded in that state-
ments in the labeling representing that they would be efficacious as a treat-
ment for catarrh of the stomach or bowels, dizziness, nausea, diarrhea or
dysentery; that they would promote digestion and assimilation and would
restore tone to the system; and that they would be efficacious as a laxative
for biliousness and sour stomach, were false and misleading since they would
not be efficacious for such purposes.
On December 3, 1940, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna-
tion was entered and the pioduct was ordered destroyed.