6955.?Misbranding of A-Texas Wonder Hall's Great Discovery.     V. S.    *    *    *
TT. 75 Bottles of A Texas Wonder Hall's Great Discovery. Default?
decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and  destruction.     (F.  & D.  No.
9451.     I.  S. No.  5989-v.     S. No.  C-1007.)
On November 16, 1918, the United States attorney for the Middle District?
of Alabama, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure?
and condemnation of 75 bottles of A Texas Wonder Hall's Great Discovery,?
remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at Montgomery, Ala.,?
alleging that the product had been shipped on or about September 17, 1918, by?
E. W. Hall, St. Louis, Mo., and transported from the State of Missouri into?
the State of Alabama, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and?
Drugs Act, as amended. The article was labeled in part: (On carton) "A?
Texas Wonder. Hall's Great Discovery for Kidney and Bladder Troubles,?
Diabetes, Weak and Lame Backs, Rheumatism. Dissolves Gravel, Regulates?
Bladder Trouble in Children. One small bottle is two months' treatment."?
(On circular) "Louis A. Portner * * * testified he began using The Texas?
Wonder for stone in the kidneys * * - and tuberculosis of the kid??
neys * -"* *. He was still using the medicine with wonderful results and his?
weight had increased."
Examination of a previous sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry?
of this department showed it to consist essentially of oleoresin of copaiba,?
rhubarb, turpentine, guaiac, and alcohol.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance for the reason that the?
above-quoted statements, borne on the cartons and circulars, were false and?
fraudulent in that the product contained no ingredient or combination of in??
gredients capable of producing the therapeutic effects claimed for it on the?
carton and circular.
On March 26, 1919, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment?
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court?
that the product should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.