10152. Misbranding of Madame Dean female pills. TJ. *S. * * * v. 11?
Boxes of * * * Madame Dean Female Pills. Default decree?
declaring product misl?randed and ordering' its destruction.     (P. &
D. No. 13365.    I. S. No. 860O-t.    S. No. E-2522.)
On August 20, 1920, the United States attorney for the Northern District of?
West Virginia, 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 11 boxes of Madame Dean female pills, remaining unsold in?
the original unbroken packages at Parkersburg, W. Va., alleging that the article?
had been shipped by Martin Rudy, Lancaster, Pa., on or about June 5, 1920,?
and transported from the State of Pennsylvania into the State of West Vir??
ginia, 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 de??
partment showed that the pills contained quinine, aloes, iron sulphate, hydrastis,?
ginger, and cornstarch.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason?
that the boxes containing the article and the circulars, booklets, and wrappers?
accompanying the same bore the following statements regarding the curative?
and therapeutic effect thereof, (box label and wrapper) " * * * Female?
Pills, ' * * * give relief in Female Disorders of the menstrual functions.?
? '? * for Painful, Irregular and Scanty Menstruation," (bqoklet) " * * *?
irregular, prolonged, or suppressed menstruation. * * * Female Pills af??
ford relief for these ailments. * * * a remedy intended solely for the relief?
of Amenorrhoea, Dysmenorrhoea, scanty and irregular menstruation, and other?
derangements of the reproductive system, * * * especially valuable in the?
functional changes * * * of the menopause or change of life. * * *?
act on the circulatory system of the uterus, thereby relieving painful, irregular?
and scanty menstruation, and assist in re-establishing or restoring, the menstrual?
or monthly periods.    *    *    *    strengthen and build up the- uterine  function
*?* *," (circular) " * * * a great relief against those general complaints?
the Female Sex is subject to; they help increase the vital quality of the blood;?
assist   to   bring  nature  into   its  proper  channel,    *    *    *    should   be   taken
*?* * to assist nature with * .* * disorders * * * during the change?
of life * * * Continue with the treatment until they give relief * * *?
take * * * until the menstrual flow commences again," 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-?
effect claimed.
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On April 12, 1921, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment?
of the court was entered declaring the product to be misbranded and ordering?
its destruction by the United States marshal.
G. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.