9702. Misbranding of Dr. A. W. Chase's nerve pills. U. S. * * * v. 12 
Dozen, 18 Dozen, and 24 Dozen Packages * * * of Dr. A. W. 
Chase's Nerve Pills. Default decrees of condemnation, forfeiture, 
and destruction. (F. & I>. Nos. 13216, 13217, 13259. I. S. Nos. 484~t, 
1734-t, 1744-t.    S. Nos. C-2085, C-2086, C-2129.)
On August 14, 1920, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Ohio, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said district libels for the seizure and condemna- 
tion of 12 dozen, 18 dozen, and 24 dozen packages of Dr. A. W. Chase's nerve 
pills, remaining unsold at Cincinnati, Ohio, consigned by the Dr. A. W. Chase 
Medicine Co., Buffalo, N. Y., June 7, June 12, and March 27, 1920, respectively, 
alleging that the article had been shipped from Buffalo, N. Y., and transported 
from the State of New York into the State of Ohio, and charging misbranding 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended. The article was labeled 
in part:  (Label)  "Used In The Treatment Of   *    *    *   Nervous Prostration
* * * Nervous Headache Nervous Dyspepsia * *. * Irregular Heart 
Action Dizziness & Fainting Sleeplessness"; (circular) " * * * Nerve 
Pills impart new life and strength to every organ of the body, create new 
brain and nerve tissue, and make it next to impossible for the following dis- 
eases and symptoms of diseases to set in: Nervous prostration, exhaustion, de- 
pression, * * * sleeplessness, * * * lack of energy, ambition and nerve 
force, paralysis, and locomotor ataxia; * * * diseased blood, * * * fe- 
male troubles, * * * leucorrhea (whites), painful, profuse or suppressed 
menstruation, tardy development of girls, sexual debility, loss of vital forces, 
premature decay, heart affections, neuralgia, rheumatism, la grippe, and all 
diseases of the brain and nerves. * * * On account of their extraordinary 
restorative influence and * * * action on the system. * * * Nerve 
Pills are especially suited to the needs of children. * *' * weak and puny 
boys and girls become strong, healthy and robust. * * * nourish the blood 
and nerves * * * nourish the weakened and exhausted nervous system 
back to health and strength, * * * through the nerve fibres * * * send 
new vitality through the whole human system. * * * nerves * * * 
must be completely restored by such nourishment as can best be supplied by
* * * Nerve Pills, the great restorative * * * loss of sensation in the 
hands, partial loss of memory    *    *    *    dizziness and uncertainty in walking.
* *    *    should be treated    *    *    *   while there is hope of complete recovery.
* * * Nerve Pills * * * restore the wasted nerve force, * * * by 
strengthening the nerves give them full control of the female orKans. * * * 
no preparation known    *    *    *   will more quickly create-new, rich blood than
* * * Nerve Pills. * * * contain the life-giving principles that entitle 
the blood to be called the vital fluid' * * * make pale weak men and 
women strong and- healthy. * * * give to the thin and emaciated a well 
rounded form which tells of a steady advance in health    *    *    * "
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart- 
ment showed that the pills consisted essentially of aloes, ferrous carbonate, a 
manganese salt, strychnine, and arsenic.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libels for the 
reason that the above-quoted statements regarding the curative or therapeutic 
effect of the said article were false and fraudulent in that it contained no ingre- 
dient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed and 
in that it was insufficient of itself for the successful treatment and cure of the 
ailments and diseases for which it was prescribed and recommended in the 
said statements.
On February 19, 1921, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ments of condemnation and forfeiture were 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