SS3S. Misbranding- of Dr. Mattel's Female Fills. U. S. *?* * v. 30?
Paelca,g-es, More or 3Less?, of Dr. Martel's Female Pills.?Default de??
cree   of   condemnation,   iorfeitni-e,   aiul   destruction.?(F.   &   D.   No.
13302.    Inv. No. 9009.     S. No. C-2374.)
On or about September 3, 1920, the United States attorney for the Southern?
District of Iowa, 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 36 packages of Dr. Martel's Female Pills, remaining unsold?
in the original unbroken packages at Des Moines, Iowa, alleging that the article?
had been shipped on or about November 2, 1918, by the French Drug Co., New?
York, N. Y.. and transported from the State of New York into the State of?
Iowa, and charging misbranding under the Food and Drugs Act, as amended.?
The article was labeled in part: "Female Pills * * * for (suppression of?
the menses) Dysmenorrhcea (painful menstruation) and similar functional?
derangements;" (circular) "Female Pills * * * For Disturbances of the?
Menstrual Functions        *    *    For Amenorrhoea   (suppression of the menses)
*?* * treatment * * * should be continued until relief is obtained.?
For Dysmenorrhcea (painful or scanty menstruation) * * * our medicine?
will be found to give lasting benefit and genuine relief * * * To prevent?
difficult, painful, over-profuse and other morbid menstrual conditions, and keep?
this important function normal, take * * * for a few clays before the?
expected reappearance of the menstrual flow."
Analysis of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry of this?
department showed that it consisted of white tablets composed essentially of?
oil of savin and ferrous sulphate and carbonate.
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Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that the?
above-quoted statements regarding the curative and therapeutic effects of the?
article, appearing in the labeling, were false and fraudulent as the article con??
tained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the?
effects claimed.
On December 9, 1920, no claimant having appeared for the property, a default?
decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction 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.