7325. Misbranding of Knoxit Liquid and .Knoxit Globules.    V, S.    *    *    *   v.
8 Dozen Bottles of Knoxit Liquid and 4 Dozen Bottles of Knoxit 
Globules. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and de- 
struction. (F. & D. Nos. 10490, 10491. I. S. Nos. 2390-r, 2391-r. S. Nos. 
W-395,   W-396.)
On June 4, 1919, the United States attorney for the District of Oregon, 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 
8 dozen bottles of Knoxit Liquid and 4 dozen bottles of Knoxit Globules, 
remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at Portland, Oreg., alleging 
that the article had been shipped on October 14, 1918, by the Beggs Mfg. Co., 
Chicago, Ill., and transported from the State of Illinois into the State of 
Oregon, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as 
amended.
The articles were labeled in part: (Bottle label of the liquid) "Knoxit the 
Great Prophylactic and Gonorrhoea Remedy." (Wholesale carton) "Knoxit the 
Great Gonorrhoea Remedy, Safe, Sure, Guaranteed Knoxit in Five Days." 
(Cartons containing the globules) "Knoxit Globules, Cystitis, Urethritis, 
Vaginitis."
Analysis of samples of the articles made in the Bureau of Chemistry of this 
department showed that the Knoxit Liquid consisted essentially of zinc acetate, 
alkaloids of hydrastis, glycerin, and water perfumed with oil of rose, and that 
the Knoxit Globules consisted essentially of a mixture of volatile oils and oleo- 
resins, including copaiba balsam and oil of cassia.
Misbranding of the articles was alleged in substance in the libels for the rea- 
son that the bottle labels, cartons, and circulars accompanying the packages bore 
certain statements regarding the curative and therapeutic effects of said drugs, 
ingredients, and substances contained therein for the treatment, remedy, cure, 
or prevention of gonorrhoea, catarrhal affections of the eye, nose, throat, genito- 
urinary organs, etc., also inflammation, hemorrhoids, ulcers, leucorrhoea, cyst- 
itis, vaginitis, urethritis, and blennorrhcea, having at the same time a soothing 
and effective action upon the kidneys and bladder, which statements were false 
and fraudulent in that the articles contained no ingredients or combination of 
ingredients capable of producing the therapeutic effects claimed for them.
On August 18, 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 be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriviuiure.