854S. Misbranding ol Hobo Kidney and Bladder Remedy. TJ. S. * * * v. 69 Bottles ol?
Hobo Kidney and Bladder Remedy. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture,?
and destruction.   (F. & T>. No. 12387.   I. S. No. 9067-r.   S. No. C-1920.)
On April 28, 1920, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri,?
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 69 bottles?
of Hobo Kidney and Bladder Remedy, remaining unsold in the original unbroken?
packages at St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Hobo?
Medicine Co., Shreveport, La., on or about February 19, 1920, and transported from?
the State of Louisiana into the State of Missouri, and charging misbranding in viola??
tion of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department?
showed that it consisted essentially of an aqueous liquid containing plant extractives,?
potassium nitrate, and benzoic and salicylic acid or their salts.
It was alleged in substance in the libel that the article was misbranded in violation?
of section 8 of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended, in that the following statements,?
regarding the curative and therapeutic effects thereof, were false and fraudulent:?
(Carton)   "    *   *   *   Kidney  and  Bladder  Remedy ? *   *   *   Blight's   Disease
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BUREAU  OF  CHEMISTRY.	
[Supplement 101.
acute & chronic Cystitis renal & vesical pus or blood in urine. Incontinence, albu??
minuria & ailments caused from defective (kidney & bladder) elimination * * *?
One of the greatest alteratives * * .* back-ache, persistent headache, dizziness,1?
forgetfillness, weakness, and rheumatism when caused by disordered kidneys, the?
same being true of inflammation of the bladder    *    *   *."
On June 25, 1920, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of con??
demnation and forfeiture Avas entered, and it was ordered by the court that the prod??
uct be destroyed by the United States marshal.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.