S701. MisbramUng of Anti-Pneumonia. XJ.fi.* * * v. John B. Co*.?
Plea of guilty. Fine, S10 and costs. (F, &-JD. No. 861.1. I. S.; -No.?
10520-m.)
On July 6, 1918, the United States attorney for the Western District of Mis??
souri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District?
Court of the United States for said district an information against John B.?
Cox, Maryville, Mo., alleging shipment by said defendant, in violation of the?
Food and Drugs Act, as amended, on or about March 6, 1917, from the State of?
Missouri into the State of Iowa, of a quantity of Anti-Pneumonia which was?
misbranded. The article was labeled in part,- "Anti-Pneumonia * * * Man??
ufactured and sold by John B. Cox, Maryville, Missouri."
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Analysis of a sample of the article by tlie Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that it consisted of a brownish-black, viscid semi-liquid of?
empyreumatic odor, containing chiefly wood tar, mineral matter similar to talc,?
and a small amount of glycerin.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that?
certain statements, designs, and devices regarding the therapeutic and curative?
effects thereof, appearing on the labels of the bottles and cartons and in the?
leaflet accompanying the article, falsely and fraudulently represented it to be?
effective as a remedy and cure for bronchitis, congestion of the lungs, acute,?
inflammatory, and articular rheumatism, suppressed menstruation, and all in??
flammatory conditions, as a remedy for pneumonia, typhoid fever, tonsilitis,?
diphtheria, grip, croup, tuberculosis, whooping cough, lumbago, carbuncle, pleu??
risy, headlitis, and measles, as a cure for pneumonia fever, if taken in time as an?
absolute cure for all forms of tuberculosis, as an absolute cure for pneumonia?
fever, as a treatment and remedy for all forms of tuberculosis, and as a pre??
ventive of tuberculosis, when, in truth and in fact, it was not.
On September 22, 1919, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the informa??
tion, and the court imposed a fine of $10 and costs.
B. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.