8990.?Misbranding of "Turpentine Man's." tT. S.  *   *   *   v. 9i Dozen Bottles of "Turpentine
Man's."   Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.   (F. & D.
No. 10489.   I. S. No. 16225-r.   S. No. E-1484.)
On June 6, 1919, the United States attorney for the Southern District of Georgia,?
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 9-| dozen?
bottles of "Turpentine Man's," remaining unsold in the original packages at Savannah,?
Ga., alleging that the article had been shipped by Tydings & Co., Ocala, Fla., on or?
about April 28 and May 16, 1919, and transported from the State of Florida into the?
State of Georgia, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act,?
as amended. The article was labeled in part, " 'Turpentine Man's' Registered, No.?
42413 or Tydings' Remedy   *    *    *   Tydings & Co., Manufacturers, Ocala, Florida."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department?
showed that it consisted essentially of potassium iodid, salicylic acid, glucose, uniden??
tified vegetable extractives, alcohol, and water.
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Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that the use of the?
serial number on the bottle label was false and misleading, and for the further reason?
that the package failed to bear a statement on the label of the quantity or proportion?
of alcohol contained therein. Misbranding was alleged in substance for the further?
reason that certain statements upon the carton and bottle and in the accompanying?
circular, regarding the curative and therapeutic effects thereof, to wit, (carton) "For?
Blood Diseases Tydings' R,emedy or 'Turpentine Man's,'" (bottle) "'Turpentine?
Man's' or Tydings' Remedy For Blood Diseases of all Kinds and Rheumatism," (cir??
cular) " 'Turpentine Man's,' or Tydings' Remedy for blood diseases * * * What it?
is for * * * in restoring and invigorating the whole system; in renovating and?
enriching the blood; in giving an appetite and a tone to the stomach, in relieving?
Pock, Scrofula, Scrofulous Humors, Scald-head, Syphilitic affections; Ringworm,?
Salt Rheum, Boils, Pimples and Humors on the face, Catarrh, Headache, Dizziness,?
Faintness, Sick Stomach, Constipation, Pains in the Back, and many Female Diseases,?
General Debility and Rheumatism, and diseases arising from an impure state or low?
condition of the blood * * * 'Turpentine Man's,'or Tydings'Remedy is designed?
to act on the blood and through that upon all the organs and tissues of the body. It?
also has a special action upon the secretions and excretions, and assists Nature to ex??
pel from the System all Humors, impure particles and effete matter through the?
Lungs, Kidneys, the liver and skin. It positively aids and strengthens weak and?
impaired and debilitated organs; Invigorates the nervous system; tones and strength??
ens the digestive organs, and imparts new life and vigor to all the organs of the body,"?
were false, fraudulent, and misleading in that the article contained no ingredient?
or combination of ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed.
On June 6, 1919, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of con??
demnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the prod??
uct be destroyed by the United States marshal.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.