9303. Misbranding of Madame Dean Antiseptic Vaginal Suppositories. U.S. * * * v. 3J 
Dozen Boxes and 3 Dozen Boxes * * * of * * * Madame Dean Antiseptic 
Vaginal Suppositories * * *. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and 
destruction.   (F. & D. Nos. 11501, 11502.   I. S. Nos. 3010-r, 3013-r.   S. Nos. W-526, W-527.)
On November 8, 1919, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
California, 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 
3J dozen boxes and 3 dozen boxes of Madame Dean Antiseptic Vaginal Suppositorlea, 
remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at Los Angeles, Calif., alleging 
that the article had been shipped by Martin Rudy, Lancaster, Pa., in part on March 
24 and August 25, 1919, respectively, and in part on or about August 18, 1919, and 
transported from the State of Pennsylvania into the State of California, 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 suppositories consisted essentially of a salt of bismuth, alum, boric 
acid, tannin, and a trace of powdered plant drug in a cacao butter base.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason that the 
article Was labeled in part as follows, (outside carton) "Madame Dean Antiseptic 
Vaginal Suppositories For The Relief Of Vaginitis, Vulvitis, Gonorrhoeal Inflamma- 
tion, Leucorrhoeal Discharges; Inflammation, Congestion and Ulceration of the 
Vagina. * * * The United Medical Co. * * * Lancaster, Pa.," (retail 
carton) "* * * Vaginal Suppositories For the Relief of Leucorrhoea or Whites, 
Gonorrhoea, Inflammation, Congestion, Ulceration and Similar Female Complaints 
* * *
,
" (circular) "Madame Dean Antiseptic Vaginal Suppositories For The 
Relief Of Vaginitis, Vulvitis, Gonorrhoeal Inflammation, Leucorrhoeal Discharges; 
Inflammation, Congestion and Ulceration of the Vagina * * *," (booklet headed 
"A Friend in Need is A Friend Indeed") "* * * Madame Dean Antiseptic 
Vaginal Suppositories An effectual suppository for the relief of Leucorrhoea or Whites, 
Gonorrhoea, and similar Female Complaints," which statements were false and fraudu- 
lent in that the said article contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients 
capable of producing the therapeutic effects claimed.
On April 6, 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.