1680. Misbranding of Schrage's Medicine.    U. S. v. 66 Packages of Schrage's Med-
icine.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. D. C. No.
15293.   Sample No. 96922-F.) 
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LIBEL FTLKD :    February 22,1945, Eastern District of Louisiana;
ALIJEGED SHIPMENT : On or about May 4, 1944, by the Frank Schrage Labora-
tories, Chicago, 111.
PRODUCT : 66 packages, each package containing a bottle of a liquid preparation
and an envelope containing pills. Analysis showed that the'liquid consisted
essentially of sodium salicylate, potassium iodide, sugar, :alcohol, water,, and
extracts of plant drugs, including a laxative drug. The pills consisted essen-
tially of mercury and laxative plant drugs.
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NATURE OF CHARGE: Misbranding, Section 502 (a), certain statements on the
bottle labels, envelopes, and in an accompanying circular, were false and mis-
leading since they represented and suggested that the liquid medicine would (
be effective in the treatment of rheumatic and neuralgic aches and pains,
rheumatism, and gout; and that the combination of the liquid and pills would
be effective in freeing the system from bile and in starting a natural action
of the liver. The articles, either alone or in combination, would not be effective
for the purposes claimed.
DISPOSITION: August 29,1945. No claimant having appeared, judgment of con-
demnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.