10203. Misbranding of Hooper's female pills. V. S. * * * v. 5 Pack??
ages of Drugs. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and?
destruction.     (F. & D. No. 13622.    I. S. No. 7479-t.    S. No. E-2708.)
On September 9, 1920, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
New York, 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 5 packages of drugs, labeled in part " Hooper's Female Pills "?
(Green Seal), remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at Brooklyn,?
N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Horace B. Taylor Co.,?
Philadelphia, Pa., and transported from the State of Pennsylvania into the?
State of New York, and was received at Brooklyn on or about May 7 and?
August 7, 1920, respectively, 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 depart??
ment showed that the pills consisted essentially of aloes and ferrous sulphate.
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Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in tbe libel for the?
reason that the labeling thereof contained the following statements regarding?
the curative and therapeutic effects of the said article, (circular and wrapper)?
" * * * Female Pills * * * a safe and sovereign remedy in female com??
plaints, * * * an Emmenagogue in producing Menstruation. * * * for?
the removal of Irregularities. * * * are used * * * (except in cases?
of pregnancy) * * *" (additional statements in wrapper) " * * *?
opening obstructions of the vessels * * * cure of disorders peculiarly in??
cident to the Female Sex, * * * iemedy against those general complaints?
the Female Sex are subject to; * * * cleanse, purify, and cause a free?
circulation of the blood, * * * open those obstructions which Virgins are?
liable to, * * * best * * * for * * * the irregularities * * *?
for the palpitation of the heart, giddiness, loathing of food, bad digestion, pains?
of the stomach, heating of the arteries of the neck, short breath * * *?
scurvy * * * should be taken by all women at age of forty-five * * *?
to prevent those disorders that usually attend them at that time. * * *?
sovereign remedy * * * in all hypochondriac, hysterick, or vapourish dis??
orders, ? * * * strengthen the nerves, * * * for * * * obstruction?
of * * * courses, * * * continue their use until the end is answered*;?
* * * " which statements were false and fraudulent, since the article con??
tained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the-?
effects claimed.
On September 7, 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. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.