0108. Misbranding Of Chase's' Jfcrte Pills. IT. S. * * * v. 10 Dwen 
Packages and Si Pactetises * * .*¦ of Dr. A. W. Chase's Nerve 
Pills. Default decrees of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc- 
tion. (F,. & D. Nos. 13361, 13362. I., S. Nos, 12400-t, 1213-t. S. Nos. C-2165, 
C-2257.)
On August 18, 1920, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Ohio, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said district libels for the seizure and condemna- 
tion of 10 dozen packages and 81 packages, more or less, of Dr. A. W. Chase's 
Nerve Pills, consigned by the Dr. A. W. Chase Medicine Co., Buffalo, N. Y., 
about June 7 and January 13, 1920, respectively, remaining unsold in the 
original packages at Columbus, Ohio, alleging that the article had been trans- 
ported from the State of New York into the State of Ohio, and charging mis- 
branding 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 strychnine, arsenic, 
manganese, ferrous carbonate, and aloes.
It was alleged in substance in the libels that the article was misbranded for 
the reason that on the packages and containers thereof it was represented that 
said product was " Used In The Treatment Of    *    *    *    Nervous Prostration
* * * Nervous Headache Nervous Dyspepsia * * * Irregular Heart Ac- 
tion Dizziness & Fainting Sleeplessness * * * impart new life and strength 
to every organ of the body, create new brain and nerve tissue, and make it next 
to impossible for the following diseases and symptoms of diseases to set in: 
Nervous prostration, exhaustion, depression, * * * sleeplessness, * * * 
lack of energy, ambition  and nerve force, paralysis,  and locomotor ataxia;
* * * diseased blood, * * * female troubles, leucorrhea * * *, pain- 
ful, profuse or suppressed menstruation, tardy development of girls, sexual 
debility, loss of vital forces, premature decay, heart affections, neuralgia, 
rheumatism, la grippe, and all diseases of the brain and nerves. * * * On 
account of their extraordinary restorative influence and * * * action on 
the system,    *    *    *    Nerve Pills are especially suited to the needs of children.
¦ *    *    *   weak and puny hoys and girls become strong, healthy and robust.
* *    *   nourish the blood and nerves   *   ¦*.   *    nourish the weakened and
exhausted nervous system back to health and strength, * * * through the 
nerve fibres,    *    *    *    send new vitality through the whole human system.
* * * nerves * * * must be completely restored by such nourishment as 
can best be supplied by * * * Nerve Pills, the great restorative * * * 
loss of sensation in the hands, partial loss of memory * * * dizziness 
and uncertainty in walking. * * * should be treated ' * * * while 
there is hope of complete recovery. * * * Nerve Pills, * * * restore the 
wasted nerve force, * * * by strengthening the nerves give them full con- 
trol of the female orKans. * * * no preparation known * * * will more 
quickly create new, rich blood than .* * .* Nerve Pills ¦ * * * contain the 
life-giving principles that entitle the blood to be called the ' vital fluid.' * * * 
make pale weak men and women strong and healthy. * * * give to the thin 
and emaciated a well rounded form which tells of a steady advance in health.
* * *," that said product purported to contain and be a cure for such dis- 
eases, disorders, and symptoms only by reason of the statements on the labels 
of the packages or containers of the article, which said statements were false, 
fraudulent, and misleading in that the article had little or no ingredients capa- 
ble of producing the curative and therapeutic effects claimed therefor.
On February 4, 1921, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ments of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the UnitedStates marshal.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.