9157.  Mislti-andins:  of  M.  I.  S.  T.   No.  2  Nerve  Tonic.     IT.  S.     *      *     *     v.   51
Packages and 2 Dozen Packages * * * of * * * M. I. S. T. 
No. 2 Nerve Tonic. Default decree entered ordering dLestirtietion of 
product. (B. & D. Nos. 13714, 13715. Inv. Nos. 26428, 26445. S. Nos. 
C-2519,  C-2520.)
On September 28, 1920, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Michigan, 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 
condemnation of 51 packages and 2 dozen packages, more or less, of M. I. S.- T. 
No. 2 Nerve Tonic, remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at 
Detroit, Mich., alleging that the article had been shipped bathe M. I. S.T. Co., 
and the Williams Mfg. Co.. respectively, from Toledo, Ohio, on July 27 and 
April 19, 1920, respectively, and transported from the State of Ohio into the 
State of Michigan, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act, as amended. The article was labeled in part: (Label and wrapper) 
"M. I. S. T. * * * Nerve * * *;" (circular) "For Blood Diseases 
* * * for Syphilis or Venereal Diseases, Dropsy, Gout, Rheumatism, 
Tumors, Ulcers, Scrofula, Swellings, Ulcerated Sore Throat, Erysipelas, Cancer
or Cancerous Tumors and Inflammation of the Bladder, Stricture and Varicocele 
¦ *    * ¦  *    for Nervous Diseases    *    *    *    M. I. S. T. No. 2    *    *    *    an aid in 
the treatment of Nervous Diseases.    *    *    * "
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart- 
ment showed that the contents of the capsules consisted essentially of aloes, 
calomel, a .laxative plant drug, and a small amount of methyl salicylate.
Misbranding of the article was alleged.in substance in the libels for the reason 
that the above-quoted statements set forth in the labels, wrappers, and circulars 
were false and fraudulent in that the product contained no ingredient or com- 
bination, of ingredients capable of producing the curative and therapeutic effects 
claimed.
On December 7, 1920, no claimant having appeared for the property, judge- 
ments were entered finding the allegations contained in the libels to be true, 
and it was ordered by the court that the product be destroyed by the United 
States marshal.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.