9133. Misbranding of Madame Dean Female Pills (Single Strength). V. S. 
* * * v. 12 Packages of * * * Madame Dean Female Pills 
(Single Strength). Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and 
destruction.     (F. & D. No. 13480.    I. S. No. 10217-t.    S. No. AV-693.)
On or about September 3, 1920, the United States attorney for the District of 
Colorado, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and 
condemnation of 12 packages of drugs, labeled " Madame Dean Female Pills 
(Single Strength)," consigned by Martin Rudy, Lancaster, Pa., remaining unsold 
in the original unbroken packages at Denver, Colo., alleging that the article 
had been shipped on or about March 1, 1920, and transported from the State of 
Pennsylvania into the State of Colorado, 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 de- 
partment solved that the pills consisted essentially of quinine, aloes, ferrous 
sulphate, hydrastis, ginger, and cornstarch.
It was alleged in substance in the libel that the article was misbranded for 
the reason that the labeling thereof bore the following statements regarding 
the curative and therapeutic effects of the said article, (box and wrapper) 
" Female Pills * * * give relief in Female Disorders of the menstrual 
functions. * * * for Painful, Irregular and Scanty Menstruation," (booklet 
accompanying article) "* * * irregular, prolonged, or suppressed menstrua- 
tion. * * * Female Pills afford relief for these ailments, * * * a rem- 
edy intended solely for the relief of Amenorrhoea, Dysmenorrhoea, scanty and 
irregular menstruation, and other derangements of the reproductive system, 
* * * especially valuable in the functional changes * * * of the meno- 
pause 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 function," all of which said statements were false and 
fraudulent in that the pills contained no ingredient or combination of ingre- 
dients capable of producing the effects claimed, and said pills were not a rem- 
edy for any one of the troubles mentioned, and had no curative or therapeutic 
effects whatever o:i any one 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.