S821. Misbranding of Gray's Ointment. IT. S. * * * v. 36 Dozen Boxes?
of * * * Gray's Ointment. Consent decree of condemnation?
and.   forfeiture.     Product   ordered   released   on   bond.     (F.   &  D.   No.
11108.    I. S. No. 16549-r.    S. No. E-1674.)
On August 26, 1919, the United States attorney for the Southern District of?
Florida, 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 con??
demnation of 36 dozen boxes of Gray's Ointment, at Jacksonville, Fla., con??
signed by W. F. Gray & Co., Nashville, Tenn., alleging that the said article had?
been shipped on or about July 7, 1919, and transported from the State of Ten??
nessee into the State of Florida, and charging misbranding in violation of the?
Food and Drugs Act, as amended. The article was labeled in part, " W. F.?
Gray's Genuine Ointment, Nashville, Tenn."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart??
ment showed that it consisted essentially of linseed oil, lead soap, lead acetate,?
turpentine, and wax.
It was alleged in substance in the libel that the article was misbranded for?
the reason that the circular inclosed with the boxes of the article contained,?
among other things, the following statements, " Gray's Ointment * * * For?
the relief of Mercurial and other Ulcers of long or short standing * * *?
Scrofulous and other Tumors, including White Swellings, Sore Legs * * *?
Old or Fresh Wounds, Gunshot Wounds * * * Swellings and Inflammations?
of all kinds, Rheumatic and other Pains, Scalds and Burns * * * Tetter on?
the hand or any other part of the body * * * Carbuncles, Cancerous Affec??
tions, Gangrene, Eruptions of all kinds * * * Dog, Snake, Spider and other?
Poisonous Bites, Broken Breasts, Sore Nipples * * * Weak Loins, Limbs,?
Muscles, Injured Spine, Sore Eyes, Swellings of all kinds   *   *   *   Sore Throat
*?* * in Pleurisy and Pneumonia, it is unequalled * * * Wind Galls,?
Sore Back, Cracked Heel, Fistula, and in fact almost every other External dis??
ease
 that afflicts man or brute    *    *    *    for an Ulcer, Tumor, or Eruption
*?* * In early stages of Inflammatory Rheumatism and Soreness about the?
Breast * * *" (similar statements in German and Spanish), regarding the?
curative and therapeutic effect of said article, which said statements were false?
and fraudulent and misleading in that the said article contained no ingredient?
or combination of ingredients capable of producing the curative and therapeutic?
effects claimed for it.
On May 20, 1920, W. F. Gray & Co., Nashville, Tenn., claimant of the property,?
having filed its bond in the sum of $100, in conformity with section 10 of the?
act, conditioned in part that the article be relabeled in conformity with the?
law, it was ordered by the court that the product be delivered to said claimant,?
and that upon payment of the costs of the proceeding the case should be finally?
dismissed.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture,?
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