S958. Misbranding of Lewis' Nerve Pills.   U. S.   *   *   *   v. 20 Packages   *   *   *   of Lewis,?
Nerve Pills.   Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction,   (F. & D.
No. 13585.
"   I. S. No. 10205-t.    S. No. W-677.)
On September 2, 1920, the United States attorney for the District of Colorado,?
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 20 packages?
of Lewis' Nerve Pills, consigned by the A. H. Lewis Medicine Co., St. Louis, Mo.,?
remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at Denver, Colo., alleging that
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the article had been shipped on or about May 22, 1919, and transported from the State?
of Missouri into the State of Colorado, and charging misbranding in violation of the?
Pood and Drugs Act, as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department?
showed that the pills consisted essentially of an iron salt, strychnine, phosphorus, and?
unidentified plant extractives.
It was alleged in substance in the libel that the article was misbranded for the?
reason that the label on each package or box bore the following statements, regarding?
the curative and therapeutic effects of said pills, "Highly recommended for Nervous??
ness, General Debility, Lack of Energy, Self Distrust, Loss of Memory and Diseases?
arising from Mental Worry, Overwork, Excesses, etc," which said statements were?
false and fraudulent in that the pills contained no ingredients or combination of?
ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed, and said pills were not a remedy?
or cure for any of the diseases mentioned.
On October 8, 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.