4764.   Misbranding oi Brazilian balm.   U. S.   *   *   *   v. 5 Bozen Packages of    *   *   *   Bra??
zilian Balm.   Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.   (F. & D-
No. 7277.   I. S. No. 3345-1.    S. No. E-S74 )
On April 3, 1916, the United States attorney for the District of Massachusetts,?
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of?
the United States for said district a libel of information, and on May 8, 1916, a motion?
to amend the libel of information, praying the seizure and condemnation of 5 dozen?
packages of a product called "Brazilian Balm," remaining unsold in the original?
unbroken packages at Boston, Mass., alleging that the article had been shipped by?
B. F. Jackson & Co., Arcade, N. Y., and transported from the State of New York?
into the State of Massachusetts, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food?
and Drugs Act, as amended.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel of information and amendment?
thereto for the reason that the packages and labels thereof bore and contained state??
ments, designs, and devices regarding the curative and therapeutic effects of said drug;?
that is to say, "Brazilian Balm * * * Remedy for grip, * * * croup,?
bronchitis, sore throat, pleurisy, catarrh, pneumonia, asthma, quick consumption,?
typhoid, contagious diseases * * * blood poison * * *," "Brazilian Balm?
Nature's Remedy for * * * hay fever * * * medicine * * * for * * *?
hoarseness * * * catarrh of head and system, fevers, * * * deep seated?
lung  troubles.    Also   as  a  prophylactic   *   *   *   in  many   Contagious   diseases
*?* * effective and healing for * * * inflamed eyes * * *." (In cir??
cular) "Directions * * * Catarrh of Lungs?Known as 'quick consumption'?
often diagnosed as'tuberculosis' * * * Treat as for bronchitis. We have known?
cases restored when supposed to be near death. To hasten cure take rectal injection?
of 1 oz. Balm in pint warm water daily, to be retained. This is absorbed into the?
circulation, and carried to the lungs * * * It is to be tried for Asiatic plague?
and other deadly germ diseases. It is destined to stamp out many fatal contagions?
from the civilized world. * * * Quinsy * * * relieves blood poison from?
wounds over night.   Prevents lockjaw.    Whooping cough   *   *   *   scarlet fever
*?* * smallpox * * * contagious diseases. When measles, scarlet fever,?
whooping cough, mumps, diphtheria, chickenpox or smallpox are around give every?
child 10 or 15 drops every 3 or 4 hours. Often prevents the disease. * * * If?
scarlet fever or measles * * * attack the ears fill the ears with clear Balm. Will?
prevent deafness. If they attack the eyes, make an eye water of Balm and water?
and get into eyes often and freely will prevent blindness. Disease carriers * * *?
typhoid * * * diphtheria * * * Every one of these germs can be cleared?
out of the system in a week with Brazilian Balm. Old people's ears * * * Old?
people and others hard of hearing have been entirely relieved by the use of Brazilian?
Balm," which said statements, designs, and devices were false and fraudulent in?
that said drug was incapable of producing the therapeutic effects claimed therefor.
On May 10, 1916, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of con??
demnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product?
should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
CARL VROOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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