7450. Misbranding of Tlie Crossman Mixture. U. S.
" * * * v. li Dozen 
Hottles of Crossntan Mixttii-e. Default decree of condemnation,. 
forfeiture, and destruction.     (F.  & D. No.  10428.    I.  S. No.  12930-r.     S.
No.   E-1442.)
On May 23, 1919, the United States attorney for the District of Massachusetts, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said district a libel of information praying 
the seizure and condemnation of li dozen bottles of The Crossman Mix- 
ture, remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at Boston, Mass., 
alleging that the article had been shipped by the Wright's Indian Vegetable 
Pill Co., New York, N. Y., and transported from the State, of New York into 
the State of Massachusetts, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act, as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article made in the Bureau of Chemistry of this 
department showed it to consist essentially of an alcoholic solution of copaiba, 
camphor, and volatile oils, among which oil of lavender was indicated.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel of information 
for the reason that it was represented as a treatment for gonorrhoea, gleet, 
and simple urethritis, and that the statements appearing on the bottle wrap- 
per and included in the circular accompanying the article, regarding the cura- 
tive and therapeutic effects thereof, were false and fraudulent in that the article 
contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing 
the effects claimed for it.
On September 5, 1919, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment 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.