9555. Misbranding of  Wade's   Combination   Gon-Kure,     U.   S.     *     *     *     v.
17 Packages * * * of Wade's Combination Gon-Knre. Default 
decree  of condemnation,  forfeiture,  and  destruction.     (F.   &  D.   No.
11679.     I.   S.   No.   8391-r.    S.   No.   C-1601.)
On November 22, 1919, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Ohio, 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 con- 
demnation of 17 packages of Wade's Combination Gon-Kure, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at Bucyrus, Ohio, alleging that the article had been 
shipped by the Gem Medicine Co., St. Louis, Mo., on or about August 21, 1919, 
and transported from the State of Missouri into the State of Ohio, and charging: 
misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended. The article 
was labeled in part: (Carton) "Wade's Combination * * * Gon-Kure 
*     *    *;" (boxes)    "*   *    *   Cystine Tablets for bladder and urinary affec-
tions * * * A prompt relief for acute or chronic cystitis and for urinary 
discharges of a chronic or contagious nature * * * ; " (leaflet) " Gonorrhea 
(commonly called Clap) * * * Cystitis In the second stage of Gonorrhoea, 
the patient is often annoyed by Cystitis * * * Gleet * * * Gonorrhoea 
and Gleet.—In the ordinary case of Gonorrhoea, where no complications are 
present, use the Injection three or four times a day. * * * Take the Cystine 
Tablets three times a day, * * * Cystitis * * * In this condition we 
recommend the patient to take one of the Cystine Tablets every three hours 
until relief is felt, and use the injection only once or twice a day. After the 
Cystitis is relieved, the discharge will most likely become more free. Then 
follow the above directions under the heading ' Gonorrhoea and Gleet.' * * * 
Gon-Kure injection does not burn, or cause pain, but qn the contrary it soothes, 
cools, and allays the inflammation promptly. * * * Wade's Cystine Tablets 
are not given as a cure for Gonorrhoea but are recommended as a very valuable 
aid to a cure, when used with the Injection. The purpose of the Cystine Tablets 
is to produce a free flow of urine, eliminate the acid from the urine, thus stop- 
ping the burning on urinating, and to prevent Cystitis, or relieve it when already 
present. These tablets help to flush the urethral canal from the bladder out, 
and exert a very beneficial tonic and healing influence on the entire inflamed 
mucous surface. We, therefore, recommend that the patient use Wade's Cystine 
Tablets as directed, in All cases, whether acute or chronic. These tablets con- 
tain nothing which will derange the stomach, but are very valuable for bladder 
and urinary troubles."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart- 
ment showed that it consisted of two preparations, tablets and an injection. 
The tablets contained magnesium carbonate, resins of copaiba and cubebs, and 
oil of sandalwood, and were coated with a mixture of sugar, calcium carbonate, 
and iron oxid. The injection was an aqueous solution of glycerin and small 
amounts of boric acid, zinc sulphate, phenol, menthol, and alkaloids of hydrastis.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that the 
above-quoted statements regarding the curative and therapeutic effects thereof 
were false and fraudulent, since the said article contained no ingredient or 
combination of ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed.
On July 27, 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.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.