10262. Misbranding- of Madame Dean female pills. TJ. S. * * + v. 22?
Packages * * * of * * * Madame Dean Female Pills?
(Single   Strength).     Default   decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,
and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 13580.    I. S. No. 24611-r.    S. No. C-2340.)
On August 26, 1920, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
Michigan, 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 22 packages of Madame Dean female pills (single?
strength), at Detroit, Mich., alleging that the article had been shipped by?
Martin Rudy, Lancaster, Pa., April 7, 1920, and transported from the State?
of Pennsylvania into the State of Michigan, and charging misbranding in?
violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended. The article was labeled in?
part: (Boxes and wrappers) " * * * Female Pills * * * give relief?
in Female Disorders of the menstrual functions. * * * for Painful, Irregu??
lar and Scanty Menstruation"; (booklets) " * * * irregular, prolonged,?
or suppressed menstruation. * * * Female Pills afford relief for these ail??
ments. * * * a remedy intended solely for the relief of Amenorrhoea,?
Dysmenorrhoea, scanty and irregular menstruation, and other derangements of?
th? 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 menstru??
ation, and assist in re-establishing or restoring, the menstrual or monthly?
periods.    *    *    *    strengthen and build up the uterine function " ;   (circulars)
*?* * * 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, * * * for irregular, painful, scanty or sup??
pressed 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 Headaches; * * * for suppressed Menstruation, * * * con??
tinue their use until relieved * * * take * * * until the menstrual?
flow commences again."
N. J. 10251-10300] SEKVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS.	147
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, hydras-?
tis, ginger, and cornstarch.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason?
that the above-quoted statements appearing in the said, boxes, wrappers, book??
lets, and circulars were false and fraudulent in that the said article contained?
no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the cura??
tive and therapeutic effects set forth in the said statements.
On November 2, 1920, 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. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.