SSiS. Misbranding; of Wendell's Ambition Brand Pills. V. S. * * * v.?
56 Packages, 24 Packages, and 48 Packages of Wendell's Ambition.?
Brand Pills. Defanlt decrees of condemnation, forfeiture, and de??
struction. (P. & D. Nos. 13463, 13464, 13693. Inv. Nos. 20024, 18472,?
23909.     S. Nos. C-2463, C-246-1, C-2508.)
On or about September 9, and September 16, 1920, respectively, the United?
States attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, acting upon reports by the?
Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for?
said district libels for the seizure and condemnation of 56 packages, 24 pack??
ages, and 48 packages of Wendell's Ambition Brand Pills, at Chicago, 111., alleg??
ing that the article had been shipped by the Wendell Pharmacal Co., Inc.,?
Syracuse, N. Y., April 14, May 8, and August 18, 1920, respectively, and trans??
ported from the State of New York into the State of Illinois, and charging?
misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that the pills consisted essentially of alkaloids of mix vomica,?
quinine, and aloin.
It was alleged in substance in the libels that the article was misbranded in?
that certain statements, regarding the curative or therapeutic effect thereof,
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(package)   " *    *    *   Piils Ambition Brand Beneficial  in  the Treatment  of
*?* * Nervous Debility, Sleeplessness, Despondency, Mental Depression,?
Hysteria, Nervous Headaches, Dyspepsia, Indigestion * * * affections of?
the nervous system," falsely and fraudulently represented it to be effective as a?
remedy for the various diseases, ailments, and afflictions mentioned upon each?
of the packages aforesaid, whereas, in truth and in fact, it was not.
On November 23, 1920, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ments of condemnation and forfeiture were 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.