S9G9. Misbranding of Madame Dean Female Pills. U. S. * * * v. 35 Packages of Ma??
dame Dean Female Pills. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc??
tion.    (F. & D. No. 13101.    I. S. No. 11550-t.   S. No. C-2209.)
On August 17, 1920, the United States attorney for the District of Indiana, 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 35 packages of?
Madame Dean Female Pills, remaining in the original unbroken packages at Indian??
apolis, Ind., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about March 17, 1920,?
by Martin Rudy, Lancaster, Pa., and transported from the State of Pennsylvania into?
the State of Indiana, and charging misbranding under the Food and Drugs Act, as?
amended.    "She article  was labeled in part: (Box and wrapper)   "Female pills
*?* * Give Relief in Female Disorders of the menstrual functions * * * for?
Painful, Irregular and Scanty Menstruation;" (booklet) . "* * * irregular, pro??
longed, or suppressed menstruation * * * Female Pills afford relief for these?
ailments * * * a remedy intended solely for the relief of Amenorrhoea, Dys-?
menorrhoea, scanty and irregular menstruation, and other derangements of the repro??
ductive system * * * especially valuable in the functional changes * * * of?
the menopause or change of life * * * act on the circulatory system of the?
uterus, thereby relieving painful, irregular and scanty menstruation, and assist in?
re-establishing or restoring, the menstrual or monthly periods * * * strengthen?
and build up the uterine functions;" (circular) "* * * A great relief against?
those general complaints the Female Sex is subject to; they help increase the vital?
quality of the blood; assist to bring nature into its proper channel * * * for?
irregular, painful, scanty or suppressed menstruations * * * should be taken to?
assist nature with.   *   *    *   disorders   *   *   *   during the change of life   *   *   *
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Continue with the treatment until they give relief * * * great relief from Pains?
or Headache * * * for suppressed Menstruation * * . * continue their use?
until relieved   *   *   * . take   *   *   *    until the menstrual flow commences again
*?*   *    Special Strength   *   *   *   should relieve the most obstinate cases."?
Analysis of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department
showed that the pills consisted .essentially of aloes, ferrous sulphate, quinine, hy drastis,?
ginger, and cornstarch.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that the above-?
quoted statements on each of said packages, with respect to the curative and thera??
peutic effects of said article, were false and fraudulent in that the article did not conv?
tain any ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the results?
claimed.
On October 8, 1920, no claimant having appeared for the property, a default decree?
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.