8936.  misbranding:  of Hooper's  Female  Pills.     U.   S.     *     *     *     v.   18 Dozen
Packages and S3 Packages of Hooper's Female Pills. ,(F.,& D. Nos.?
13525, 13587. I. S. Nos. 5132-t, 5133-t, 5134-t, 5111-t, 5112-t. S. Nos.?
E-2680, E-2G13.-)
On August 26, 1920, the United States attorney lor the District of Massachu??
setts, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District?
Court of the United States for said district a libel of information praying the?
seizure and condemnation of 3 8 dozen packages and 83 packages of Hooper's?
Female Pills, consigned by the Horace B. Taylor Co., Philadelphia, Pa., about?
March 3 and July 13, 1920, remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages?
at Boston, Mass., alleging that the article had been shipped and transported?
from the State of Pennsylvania into the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and?
charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended.?
The article was labeled in part, '' Hooper's Female Pills."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that the pills consisted essentially of aloes and ferrous sul??
phate.
It was alleged in substance in the libel of information that the article was?
misbranded for the reason that the following statements regarding the curative?
and therapeutic effect thereof were false and fraudulent in that said article?
contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the?
effects claimed: (Circular and wrapper) "Female Pills * * * a safe and?
sovereign remedy in female complaints, * * * an Emmenagogue in produc??
ing Menstruation " * * for the removal of irregularities * * * are used?
(except in cases of Pregnancy) ;" (wrapper) " Opening obstructions of the ves??
sels * * * cure of disorders peculiarly incident to the Female Sex * * *?
remedy against those general complaints the Female Sex are subject to * * *?
cleanse, purify, and cause a free circulation of the blood * * * open those?
obstructions which Virgins are liable to * * * best * * :; for * * *?
the irregularities * * * for the palpitation of the heart, giddiness, loathing?
of food, bad digestion, pains of the stomach, heating of the arteries of the neck,?
short breath * * * scurvy * * * should be taken by all women at?
='" * * age * * * forty-five * ;:' * to prevent those disorders that?
usually attend them at that time * * * sovereign remedy * * * in?
all hypochondriac, hysterick, or vapourish disorders * * * strengthen the?
nerves * * * for * * * obstruction of * * * courses * * * con??
tinue their use until the end is answered."
On November 12, 1920, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment 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.