9025. Misbranding of Thomas Emmenagogue Pills. U. S. * * * v. 4 Boxes * * * of 
Thomas Emmenagogue Pills. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and 
destruction.   (F. & D. No. 13491.   I. S. No, 443-t.   S. No. C-2338.)
On October 21, 1920, the United States attorney for the Western District of Okla- 
homa, 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 4 boxes of Thomas Emmenagogue Pills, remaining unsold in the original unbroken 
packages at Erick, Okla., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Palestine 
Drug Co., St. Louis, Mo., on or about January 14, 1920, and transported from the 
State of Missouri into the State of Oklahoma, and charging misbranding in violation 
of the Food 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 ferrous sulphate, aloes, and an unidenti- 
fied alkaloid.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the Reason that 
the following statements of the curative and therapeutic effects thereof, (;b<?x label) 
' Emmenagogue Pills recommended for Amenorrhea, * • * *. and other Menstrual 
Troubles. * * * beginning treatment * * * before the regular monthly 
period. . * * * continue * * * until relief is obtained," were false and 
fraudulent, since the article did not contain any ingredient or combination of in- 
gredients capable of producing the effects claimed.
On January 10, 1921, 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.