7336. Misbranding of   A   Texas   "Wonder.    U.   S.   *    *    *   v.   136   Bottles   of
Texas    "Wonder.      Default    decree    of    condemnation,    forfeiture,    and 
destruction.     (F. & D. No. 10105,    I. S. No. 5593-r.    S. No. C-1185.)
On April 28, 1919, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Oklahoma, 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 136 bottles of A Texas Wonder, remaining unsold in the 
original unbroken packages at Oklahoma City, Okla., alleging that the article 
had been shipped on or about April 3, 1919, by E. W. Hall, St. Louis, Mo., and 
transported from the State of Missouri into the State of Oklahoma, and charg- 
ing misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended.
Analysis of a sample by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department showed 
that the article consisted of oleoresin of copaiba, rhubarb, turpentine, guaiac, 
and alcohol.
Misbranding of the article wras alleged for the reason that the packages and 
cartons containing it, and the labels and circulars, affixed to and enclosed with 
them, bore statements, to wit, "A Texas Wonder for Kidney and Bladder 
Troubles, Diabetes, Weak and Lame Backs, Rheumatism and Gravel. Regu- 
lates. Bladder Trouble in Children," (circular testimony of Louis A. Portner) 
" * * * began using the Texas Wonder for Stone in the Kidneys, Inflamma- 
tion of the Bladder and Tuberculosis of the Kidneys * * * his urine con- 
tained 40% pus * * * was still using the medicine with wonderful results 
and his weight had increased * * * ," regarding the curative and thera- 
peutic effects thereof and of the ingredients and substances contained therein, 
which were false and fraudulent in that the article contained no ingredient 
or combination of ingredients capable of producing the therapeutic effects 
claimed for it.
On October 16, 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. MABVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.