S8SG. Misbranding? of Dr. Martei's Female Pills. U. S. * * * v. 20 Paclc-?
nges * * * of Dr. Martei's Female Pills. Default decree of?
condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (P. & D. No.  13560.     I.  S.
No. 8772-t.     S. No. E-2638.)
On August 26. 1920, the United States attorney for the District of Columbia,?
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Supreme?
Court of said District, holding a District Court, a libel for the seizure and con??
demnation of 20 packages of an article, labeled in part " Dr. Martei's Female?
Pills," at Washington. D. C, alleging that the article had been shipped by the?
French Drug Co., New York, N. Y., and transported from the State of New?
York into the District of Columbia, and that the article was being sold and?
offered for sale in the City of Washington, District of Columbia, and charging?
misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that it consisted of white tablets composed essentially of oil?
of savin, ferrous sulphate and carbonate.
It was alleged in substance in the libel that the article was misbranded for?
the reason that each and every package bore a label containing the following?
statements, among others, " Female Pills * * * for Suppression of the?
Menses, Dysmenorrhoea (Painful Menstruation), and similar functional de??
rangements," and for the further reason that the circular accompanying the?
article contained the following statements, among others, " Female Pills * * *?
for Disturbances of the Menstrual Functions * * * For Amenorrhcea (Sup??
pression of the Menses) * * * treatment * * * should be continued?
until relief is obtained. For Dysmenorrhoea (Painful or scanty Menstrua??
tion) * * * 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 days before the expected re-appearance of the menstrual flow," which?
said statements were false and fraudulent in that they were, severally, state??
ments of the curative and therapeutic effect of the drug and of the ingredients?
and substances contained therein, Avhicli statements were false and fraudulent?
for the reason tlmt the drug contained no ingredients or combination of ingredi??
ents in sufficient quantity and strength capable of producing the therapeutic?
effect claimed for it in said statements.
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On October 18, 1920, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment?
of condemnation and forfeiture 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.