7665. Misbranding' ot Madame Beam Antiseptic Vaginal Suppositories, 
TJ. S. * * * v. 30 Packages and 10 Pa,elja^reis of Madame ?4?an 
Antiseptic Vaginal Suppositories. Default decree of condemna- 
tion, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 11247, 11248. I. S. NoS. 
7322-r,  7321-r.     S.  Nos.  C-1469,  C-1470.)
On September 20, 1919, the United States attorney for the District of 
Indiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the
District Court of the United States for said district libels for the seizure and 
condemnation of 40 packages of Madame Dean Antiseptic Vaginal Supposi- 
tories, remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at Indianapolis, 
Ind., consigned on or about July 25, 1919, and March 31, 1919, by Martin 
Rudy, Lancaster, Pa., alleging that the article had been transported from the 
State of Pennsylvania into the State of Indiana, and charging misbranding 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended.
Analyses of samples of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart- 
ment showed that the suppositories consisted of cacao butter, salts of bismuth, 
potassium, and aluminum, sulphates, boric acid, tannin, and unidentified plant 
material.
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason tbat the statements on 
the label on the carton containing, and in the circular and booklet accompany- 
ing the article, regarding its curative and therapeutic effects, to wit, " Madame 
Dean Antiseptic Vaginal Suppositories for the relief of Vaginitis, Gonorrhceal 
Inflammation, Leucorrhceal Discharges, Inflammation, Congestion and Ulcera- 
tion of the Vagina," " Madame Dean Antiseptic Vaginal Suppositories for the 
relief of Leucorrhcea or Whites, Gonorrhoea, Inflammation, Congestion, Ulcera- 
tion, and similar Female Complaints * * *," " Madame Dean Antiseptic 
Vaginal Suppositories for the relief of Vaginitis, Vulvitis, Gonorrhoeal Inflam- 
mation, Leucorrhceal Discharges, Inflammation, Congestion and Ulceration of 
the Vagina * * V and " A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed Madame 
Dean Antiseptic Vaginal Suppositories An effectual Suppository for the relief 
of Leucorrhcea or Whites, Gonorrhoea and similar Female Complaints," were 
false and fraudulent in that the article did not contain any ingredient or com- 
bination of ingredients capable of producing the results claimed for the 
article.
On February 24, 1920, 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.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.