5903. Herbal drugs.    (Inj. No. 303.)
COMPLAINT FOR INJUNCTION FILED : 10-11-56, W. Dist. "Wash., against Forward 
Club, a corporation, Seattle, Wash., James L. Evans, president of the cor- 
poration, and Otto Soles, vice president of the corporation and also doing 
business as Keystone Laboratories, Portland, Oreg.
CHARGE: The complaint alleged that the defendants were causing and had 
caused to be introduced into interstate commerce at Seattle, Wash., and Port- 
land, Oreg., certain herbal drugs, among which were articles designated as 
Keystone Blood and Kidney Remedy, Keystone Liniment, Keystone Salve, 
Keystone Hair Regenerator, Herds For Health, Indian Herbs, and Nature's 
Fresh Herts and which contained the following plants or herbs among their 
ingredients: horsetail, peach kernel, prickly thistle, common nettle, Oregon 
grape (whole plant or root), devil's club (prickly plant), elderberry (whole 
plant or root), stinging nettle, wild mountain grape root, Indian berry root, 
and umbelliferous root; that the articles were accompanied by various items 
of labeling when the defendants caused the articles to be introduced into 
interstate commerce, and while the defendants held the articles for sale after 
shipment in interstate commerce; and that the articles were misbranded 
as follows:
502(a)-the accompanying labeling of the articles contained false and mis- 
leading representations and suggestions that the articles were effective in the 
cure, mitigation, treatment, and prevention of arthritis, baldness, blood ail- 
ments and diseases, cancer, colds, colon troubles and diseases, corns, dandruff, 
diabetes, diarrhea, dysentery, falling hair, fever, gallbladder troubles and 
diseases, hemorrhages, hemorrhoids, kidney ailments and diseases, liver 
troubles and diseases, lung troubles and diseases, menstrual disorders, neu- 
ralgia, pain, rheumatism, scalp disorders and ailments, skin diseases and ail- 
ments, stomach troubles and diseases, ulcers, urinary ailments and disorders, 
warts, worms, wounds, and that the articles were effective to guarantee resto- 
ration and maintenance of health to the user regardless of the ailment from 
which he suffered; and
502(f) (1)-the labeling of the articles failed to bear adequate directions for 
use in all of the disease conditions for which they were intended.
The complaint alleged further that the defendants were causing the above- 
mentioned labeling to accompany the articles while the articles were held 
for sale after shipment in interstate commerce, which act resulted in the 
articles being misbranded in the respects set forth above.
DISPOSITION : 10-11-56. The defendants having consented, the court entered a 
decree of permanent injunction enjoining the defendants and their officers, 
agents, servants, employees, and all other persons in active concert or partici- 
pation with any of them, from directly or indirectly doing the following acts 
with respect to the herbal drugs designated in the complaint, any other drug 
whose ingredients include any variety of the ingredients described in the 
complaint, and any other drug intended for the purposes mentioned in the 
complaint:
(a) introducing into interstate commerce any such drug which is (1) offered 
for the cure, mitigation, or treatment of arthritis, baldness, blood ailments
* See also No. 5902.
and diseases, cancer, colds, colon troubles and diseases, corns, dandruff, 
diabetes, diarrhea, dysentery, falling hair, fever, gallbladder troubles and 
diseases, hemorrhages, hemorrhoids, kidney ailments and diseases, liver 
troubles and diseases, lung troubles and diseases, menstrual disorders, 
neuralgia, pain, rheumatism, scalp disorders and ailments, skin diseases and 
ailments, stomach troubles and diseases, ulcers, urinary ailments and dis- 
orders, warts, worms, wounds; or (2) which is offered to restore, maintain, 
or improve the health of the user; or
(b) doing any act with respect to such drug while such drug is held for 
sale after shipment in interstate commerce, which results in said drug being 
offered for any of the conditions or purposes described in paragraph (a) 
above.
5904. Keystone Blood and Kidney Remedy.    (Inj. No. 303.)
PETITION FILED : 12-10-56, W. Dist. Wash., against Otto Soles, Portland, Oreg., 
to show cause why he should not be punished for criminal contempt for viola- 
tion of the permanent injunction which had been entered against him on 
10-11-56 (see preceding notice of judgment No. 5903).
CHARGE : The petition alleged that the defendant, in violation of the injunction, 
on 11-28-56, caused to be delivered for introduction into interstate commerce, 
at Portland, Oreg., consigned to Terre Haute, Ind., and Dayton, Ohio, a number 
of bottles of a drug designated as Keystone Blood and Kidney Remedy and 
containing herbs and organic minerals; that the drug was accompanied by 
leaflets entitled "Keystone Laboratories - The Drug Trust has subsidized" 
and "Keystone Laboratories - Keystone Blood and Kidney Remedy"; and 
that the labeling of the drugs, consisting of the bottle labels and accompanying 
leaflets, offered the drug for the cure, mitigation, treatment, and prevention 
of blood ailments and diseases, cancer, lung troubles and diseases, menstrual 
disorders, pain, ulcers, urinary ailments and disorders, and worms, and to 
restore, maintain, and improve the health of the user; and that by reason of 
such deliveries the defendant was in criminal contempt of the injunction.
DISPOSITION : On 12-10-56, the order to show cause was issued. On 12-17-56, 
the defendant having stipulated to a judgment of contempt, the court imposed 
a 6 months jail sentence which was suspended and placed the defendant on 
probation for 3 years.