7547. Misbranding of Knoxit Injection. V. S. * * * v. 4 Doieen Bottles of 
Knoxit Injection. Default deerec of condemnation, forfeitux'e, and 
destruction,     (f. & D. No. 10138.    I. S. No.  6897-r.     S. No.  C-118G.)
On April 30, 1919. the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Oklahoma, acting upon a repoi't 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 4 dozen bottles of Knoxit Injection, remaining unsold in the 
original unbroken packages at Nowata, Okla., alleging that the article had been 
shipped on or about April 23, 1918, by the Beggs Mfg. Co., Chicago, Ill., 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: (Wholesale carton) "Knoxit The Great Gonorrhoea Remedy. 
Knoxit Safe, Sure, Guaranteed Try It; Knoxit in Five Days;" (retail car- 
ton) "Knoxit the great Gonorrhoea Remedy. Relieves in One to Five Days. 
Guaranteed not to cause stricture. Prepared only by Beggs Manufacturing 
Co., Chicago;" (bottle) "Knoxit Injection, the great Gonorrhoea Remedy. 
Will not cause stricture. Prepared by Beggs Manufacturing Co., Chicago; " 
(circular) "Knoxit Injection. A Speedy and Efficacious Remedy, Having 
Stopped the Discharge in Many Cases in From One to Five Days. Knoxit is 
composed of a number of recognized medicinal constituents, each known for 
itself as highly efficacious in Gonorrhoea troubles, and one or another usually 
is prescribed by physicians in the treatment of this disease, and the fortunate 
composition of them in Knoxit we have always thought to be the reason for its 
tremendous success in Gonorrhoea cases. * * * Gonorrhoea in Women.-- 
*    *    *    Leucorrhoea (Whites).--    *    V
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the 
reason that the packages, cartons, labels, and circulars accompanying the article 
bore the above-quoted and certain other statements, designs, and devices, re- 
garding the curative and therapeutic 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 produc- 
ing the curative and therapeutic effects claimed for it, and for the further 
reason that the article was a yellow aqueous solution containing chiefly glycerin, 
zinc acetate, and hydrastis, perfumed with oil of rose, which said 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.