7421. Misbranding of   Knoxit   Injection.     V.   $.     *      *  ?   *     v.   81  Bottles   of
Knoxit Injection.    Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and
destruction.     (P.  & D. No.  10130.    I.  S. No.  5581-r.    S. No.  C-1181.)
On April 30, 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 31 bottles of Knoxit Injection, remaining unsold in the 
original unbroken packages at Bartlesville, Okla., alleging that the article had 
been shipped on or about April 22, 1918, by the Beggs Mfg. Co., Chicago, III., 
and transported from the State of Illinois into the State of Oklahoma, and 
charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended. The 
article was labeled in part: (On wholesale carton) "Knoxit the Great Gonor- 
rhoea Remedy. Knoxit, safe, sure, guaranteed. Try it. Knoxit in five days." 
(On retail carton) "Knoxit the great Gonorrhoea Remedy Relieves in One to 
Five Days. Guaranteed not to cause stricture." (On bottle) " Knoxit Injection, 
the great Gonorrhoea Remedy. Will not cause stricture. * * * Knoxit is 
invaluable for Leucorrhcea or Whites. * * * it will prevent disease." (In 
circular) "Knoxit Injection. A Speedy and Efficacious Remedy, Having Stopped 
the Discharge in Many Cases in From One to Five Days."
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the 
reason that the packages, cartons, labels, and circulars accompanying the 
bottles bore and contained certain statements regarding the curative and 
therapeutic effects thereof and of the ingredients and substances contained 
therein for the treatment or prevention of gonorrhoea, leucorrhoea, and certain 
other diseases, which were false and fraudulent in that the article contained 
no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the curative 
or therapeutic effects claimed for it. Misbranding of the article was alleged 
for the further reason that it was a yellow, aqueous solution containing glycerin, 
zinc acetate, and alkaloids of hydrastis, perfumed with oil of rose, which snid 
ingredients or any combination of same were not capable of producing the 
curative and therapeutic effects claimed for it.
On June 25, 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.