9316. Misbranding of Parto-Glory.   IT.  S.   *   *   *   v. 4  Dozen  Bottles of   *   *   *   Parto-
Glory.   Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.   (F. <& D. No.
13459.   I. S. No. 10005-t.   S. No. W-665.)
On or about September 2,1920, 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 
4 dozen bottles of Parto-Glory, remaining in the original unbroken packages at Los 
Angeles, Calif., consigned by the Partola Distributing Co., New York, N. Y., alleging 
that the article had been shipped on or about September 11, 1919, and transported 
from the State of New York 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 it consisted of an aqueous solution containing iron, strychnine, quinine, 
and potassium bromid.
It was alleged in substance in the libel that the article was misbranded in that it was 
labeled in part as follows, (bottle)"* * * Tonic for The Nerves," (can) "* * * 
For The Nerves * * * For Every Form Of Nervous Affliction. * * * Used 
With Remarkable Success, * * * Wherever Nerves Have Been Affected, Also 
In Afflictions Due Directly-To Weakened Nerves, Such As: Run Down Condition, 
Nervous Prostration, Melancholia, Brain Fag, Poor Memory, Shaky Hands Or Knees, 
Tired Feeling, * * * Nervous Dyspepsia, Neuralgia, Effects Of Tobacco Or 
Alcohol   *   *   *,"   (circular)   "The   Great  Upbuilder   Of   The   Nervous System
* * * Headaches, Neuralgia, Nervous Twitchings, Irritability, Tired, Run- 
down Feeling, Weariness, Lassitude, * * * Loss of Memory * * * Great 
Wonderful Nerve Tonic   *   *   *   strengthening and invigorating   *   *   *   when
* *   *   Run-down,   Fagged-out,   Nervous,   Irritable   *   *   *   take   Parto-Glory,
* * * a genuine, powerful nerve tonic, that builds up from the bottom. * * * 
Parto-Glory contains restoring energies for young men who started off with the 
idea that nothing could sap the energies of their youth, and who have, therefore, 
'
gone the pace of youthful error' too rapidly. Parto-Glory is a friend in need for 
men and women who have indulged too freely in the excesses * * *," which 
statements were false and fraudulent in that the said article contained no ingredient 
or combination of ingredients capable of producing the curative and therapeutic 
effects claimed.
On April 6, 1921, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of con- 
demnation 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.