8554. Misbranding of Gray's Ointment. . U. S. * * * v. 71i Dozen Pack??
ages of Drng Products. Order by consent for release of prodnct?
under bond.     (F. & D. No. 10837.    I. S. No. 6817-r.     S. No. C-1364.)
On July 16, 1919, the United States attorney for the Southern District of?
Texas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis??
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and?
condemnation of 71^ dozen packages of drug products, labeled in part " W. F.?
Gray's Genuine Ointment," at Houston, Tex., alleging that the article had?
been shipped by. W. F. Gray & Co., Nashville, Tenn., on or about April 7, 1919,?
and transported from the State of Tennessee into the State of Texas, and?
charging misbranding1 in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended.?
The article was labeled in part: (Carton) "For Burns, Scalds, Rheumatism,?
Tic-douloureux, Poisonous Bites of Spiders * * * or from having come in?
contact with Poisonous Plants; Broken Breasts, Sore Nipples and Car??
buncles * * * Fistula * * * Injured Spine, Swellings of all kinds, * * *?
Sore Throat * * *;" (circular) " For the relief of * * * Ulcers of long?
or short standing * * * Scrofulous and other Tumors, including White?
Swellings *v * * Old or Fresh Wounds, Gunshot Wounds * * * Swell??
ings and Inflammations of all kinds; Rheumatic and other Pains * * *?
Scald Head, Tetter on the head or any other part of the body * * * Car??
buncles, Cancerous Affections, Gangrene, Eruptions of all kinds * * * Dog,?
Snake, Spider, and other Poisonous Bites, Broken Breasts, Sore Nipples * * *?
Injured Spine, Sore Eyes, Swellings of all kinds * * * Sore Throat * * *?
Pleurisy and Pneumonia * * * Splint, Wind Galls, Fistula * * * in?
early stages of Inflammatory Rheumatism and Soreness about the Breast * * *?
this ointment stands unrivaled * * * in the course of-
two or three hours?
the system is thrown into a gentle perspiration and all pain or soreness is?
rapidly removed    *    *    *."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that it was composed essentially of oxid and acetate of lead,?
linseed oil, a solid fat, beeswax, and a small amount of oil of turpentine.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason?
that the labeling appearing on the carton and in the circular contained in each?
of said cartons, as aforesaid, regarding the curative or therapeutic effect of?
said drug products or medicine, was false and fraudulent in that said drug or?
medicine contained no. ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of?
producing the effects claimed.
On June 15, 1920, W. F. Gray & Co., Nashville, Tenn., claimant, having entered?
an appearance, order by consent was entered providing that the product be
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released to said claimant upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and the?
filing of a bond in the sum Of $100, in conformity with section 10 of the act,?
conditioned in part that the product be relabeled.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.