10202. Misbranding of Madame Sean female pills. U. S.?* * * v. 7?
Packages Drugs, Madame Dean's. Default decree?of condemna??
tion, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 13582.?I. S. No. 3461-t.?
S. No. C-2395.)
On August 25, 1920, the United States attorney for the District of Minnesota,?
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 7 packages of drugs labeled in part, "Madame Dean Female Pills," re??
maining in the original unbroken packages at St. Paul, Minn., alleging that?
the article had been shipped by Martin Rudy, Lancaster, Pa., on or about May?
4, 1920, and transported from the State of Pennsylvania into the State of?
Minnesota, 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, hy-?
drastis, ginger, and cornstarch.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the?
reason that 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 * * *," (booklet) " * * * irregular,?
prolonged, or suppressed menstruation. * * * Female Pills afford 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 com??
plaints the Female Sex is subject to; they help increase the vital quality of?
the blood; assist to bring nature into its proper channel, * * * for irregu??
lar, painful, scanty or suppressed menstruations,    *    *    *    should be taken
*?* * to assist nature with * * * disorders * * * during the?
change of life period. * * * Continue with the treatment until they give?
relief. * * * great relief from Pains or Headache; * * * for sup??
pressed Menstruation * * * continue their use until relieved * * *?
take * * * until the menstrual flow commences again. * * * Special?
Strength * * * should relieve the most obstinate cases * * *" were?
false and fraudulent, since the said article contained no ingredient or com??
bination of ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed.
On December 15, 1921, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment 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. PTJGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.