7SLO. Misbranding; of Bonkocine. U.S. * * * v. 10 Boitles * * * Bonlco- 
cine. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc- 
tion.     (F. & D. No. 12117.    I. S. No. 15194-r.     S. No. E-1939.)
On January 22, 1920, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania, acting jipon 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 10 bottles of Bonkocine, remaining unsold in the original 
unbroken packages at Philadelphia, .Pa., consigned by J. E. Gasson, Kentqn, 
Ohio, alleging that the article had been shipped on or about March 22, 1919,, 
and transported from the State of Ohio into the State of Pennsylvania, and 
cliarging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as Qmended.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart- 
ment showed that it consisted essentially of an aqueous solution of magnesium 
sulphate ond berberine.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel in that the statements 
contained on the carton inclosing, on the label on the bottle containing, and 
in the circular accompanying the article, regarding the curative and therapeutic 
effects of the article and the ingredients and substances contained therein, 
to wit, (carton) " !;- * * To Be Used Locally As a Prophylactic or Preventa- 
tive for all Venereal Diseases * * * Safe and Satisfactory * * * Well 
Defined !Cases Of Gonorrhea yield to treatment in 1 "to 5 days; '.Chronic Gon- 
orrhea and Gieei; in 5 to '10 days, provided they are not complicated with 
Stricture or "Enlarged Prostate Gland," (bottle) ?* W * Bonkocine For 
the Treatment of all Unnatural Discharges of the Mucous Membranes Male ox 
Female * " * *," (circular) " * * * Gonorrhea * * * These violent symptoms 
may be prevented by early use of Bonkocine. * * * For Males * * * For 
Females *' '* * ' Gleet or Chronic Gonorrhea * * * Hitherto it has been 
found very obstinate and difficult to cure, until the invention of Bonkocine, the' 
success of which has been most marvelous. * * * Leucorrhea or Whites, 
Female Disease * * * Bonkocine has proven itself the best'remedy for 
this disease.
' * * * Dr. Tyson's Bonkocine. A certain, most speedy, agree- 
able treatment for the above diseases and no others. * * ::' As a Preventa- 
tive Bonkocine used after an intercourse prevents the 'contracting of either 
Syphilis or Gonorrhea. It effectually eradicates both Syphilitic and Gonorrheal 
virus. * * * all complicated cases of Gonorrhea yield to treatment in from 
one to four days," were false and fraudulent in that the article would not 
produce the curative and therapeutic effects which purchasers were led to ex- 
pect by the above statements and which were applied tp the article with a 
knowledge of their falsity for the purpose of defrauding the purchasers thereof.
On February 16, 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.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.