5131. Misbranding? of " Dr. Navann's Mexican Lnng Balm," and " Dr.?
Navaun's Kidney Tablets." U. S. ? * * v. Edward S. and Clifford?
S. Maraun, coi3artners (Botanic Drug- Co.). Pleas of grnilty. Pine,?
$50.     (F. & D. No. 7423.    I. S. Nos. 11253-1, 11254-1.)
On August 29, 1916, the United. States attorney for the Eastern District of?
Michigan, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district an information against?
Edward S. and Clifford S. Navaun, copartners, trading as the Botanic Drug Co.,?
Detroit, Mich., alleging shipment by said defendants, in violation of the Food?
and Drugs Act, as amended, on or about October 21, 1915, from the State of?
Michigan into the State of Ohio, of quantities of articles labeled in part,?
" Dr. Navaun's Mexican Lung Balm" and " Dr. Navaun's Kidney Tablets,"?
which were misbranded.
Analyses of samples of the articles by the Bureau of Chemistry of this?
department showed the following results :
Dr. Navaun's Mexican Lung Balm.
Solids (per cent)?
59.1
Sucrose (Clerget)   (percent)?
45.7
Reducing sugars (per cent)?
    7.7
Chloroform  (percent)?
    0.5
Alcohol (per cent by volume)?
   2.1
Qualitative tests showed the presence of wild cherry and muci??
laginous substances and the absence of antimony, ammonium salts,-?
iodids, glycerin, alkaloids, phenolic compounds, acetanilid, benzoic?
acid, cinnamic acid, and guaiacol. Sample is a sirup containing?
vegetable extractives and small quantities of chloroform and?
alcohol.
Dr. Navaun's Kidney Tablets.
Total ash (per cent)?
44.7
Water-insoluble ash (mostly calcium carbonate)  (per cent)?33.1
Acid-insoluble ash (percent)?
    1.9
Methylene blue (approximate per cent)?
   2.2
Potassium nitrate (percent)?
    5.9
Qualitative tests showed the presence of juniper, resinous ma??
terial, and traces of arsenic. Qualitative tests for each of the fol??
lowing substances were negative: emodin, hexamethylene-tetra-?
mine, alkaloids, acetates, iodids, and buchu. Sample consists of?
sugar-coated tablets containing methylene blue, potassium nitrate,?
juniper, and a large amount of ash which is chiefly calcium?
carbonate.
Misbranding of the lung balm was alleged in substance in the information,?
lor the reason that certain statements appearing on its labels falsely and?
fraudulently represented it as a remedy for croup, bronchitis, whooping cough,?
and lung complaint; as a never-failing remedy for coughs, colds, hoarseness,?
and all lung complaints; and as a treatment for lung diseases, when, in truth?
and in fact, it was not.
Misbranding of the kidney tablets was alleged in substance for the reason?
that certain statements, appearing on its label, and included in the leaflet and?
booklet accompanying it, falsely and fraudulently represented it as a specific?
for kidney diseases; as a cure for kidney complaints, backache, weak and con??
gested kidneys, inflammation of the bladder, and all urinary troubles; as a?
remedy for backache and rheumatism; as a cure for kidney complaint, all
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kinds of dyspepsia, constipation, kidney disease, asthma, eczema, headache,1,?
rheumatism, all skin diseases, and insomnia or sleeplessness; and as a remedy?
for insomnia or sleeplessness, when, in truth and in fact, it was not. Mis??
branding was alleged in substance, for the further reason that the statement,?
?' This remedy is a vegetable compound," borne on the booklet aforesaid, was?
false and misleading in that it falsely represented that the article was com??
posed exclusively of vegetable substances, whereas in truth and in fact it was?
not, but was composed in part of mineral substances.
On August 29, 1916, the defendants entered pleas of guilty to the information,?
and the court imposed a fine of $50.
OARL VBOOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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