7401.   Misbranding of Tisit.    TJ. S.     *     *     *     v. 41 Dozen Packages of Tisit. 
Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. &
D. No. 10518.    I. S. No. 15010-r.    S. No. E-1496.)
On June 6, 1919, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania, 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 4f dozen packages of Tisit, consigned by the S. Pfeiffer Mfg. Co., 
East St. Louis, Ill., remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at 
Reading, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about April 4, 
1918, and transported from the State of Illinois into the State of Pennsylvania, 
and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended. 
The article was labeled in part: (Outside carton) "Tisit a reliable remedy for 
Genito-Urinary disorders * * *." (4-page circular in outside carton) " Tisit 
for the treatment of Gonorrhoea. (Clap). * * ?* through neglect in treat- 
ment the deeper portions are im^aded, and the disease becomes chronic, known 
commonly as Gleet. * * * persistence in the continued Tisit treatment with 
injection and pearls, should effectually cause the discharge to stop in a few 
days. * * *." (Bottle label of the injection) '"Soothing in Effect' Tisit 
Injection * * *." (Wrapper and bottle label of the pearls) "Tisit * * * 
Pearls for Gonorrhoea and Gleet." (Leaflet of the pearls) "As soon as the 
symptoms of gonorrhoea declare themselves * * * should be used in the 
earliest stages of the disease or at once when the discharge appears."
Analyses of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this 
department showed that the Tisit Injection consisted essentially of an aqueous 
solution of zinc sulphate, thymol, alum, glycerin, and a yellow coloring matter, 
and that the Tisit Pearls contained santal oil, balsam of copaiba, and a fixed
oil.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason 
that the labels and circulars contained certain statements, designs, and devices, 
regarding the curative or therapeutic effects of the article and the ingredients 
or substances contained therein as a treatment for gonorrhoea, gleet, and genito- 
urinary disorders, which were false and fraudulent in that the article would 
not produce the curatiye or therapeutic effects which purchasers *were led to 
expect by the. statements, designs, and devices, and which were applied to the 
article with a knowledge of their falsity for the purpose of defrauding pur- 
chasers thereof.
On June 30, 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.
E.  D.  BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.