10281.?Misbranding-   of  Madame  Dean   female   pills.     U.   S.     *     *     *     v.   11
Packages of Madame Dean Female Pills. Default decree of con??
demnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 13314. I. S.?
No. 9079-t.    S. No. B-2585.)
On August 31, 1920, the United States attorney for the Western District of?
North Carolina, 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 packages of Madame Dean female pills, re??
maining in the original unbroken packages at Mooresville, N. C, alleging that?
the article had been shipped by Martin Rudy, Lancaster, Pa., January 21,?
1919, and July 2, 1920, respectively, and transported from the State of Penn??
sylvania into the State of North Carolina, 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?
department 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 following statements appearing in the labeling, regarding?
the curative and therapeutic effects of the said article, (box label and wrapper)
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?" * * * Female Pills * * * give relief in Female Disorders of the menstrual?
function. * * * 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 valu??
able 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, * * * for?
irregular, 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?
suppressed Menstruation, * * * continue their use until relieved * * *?
take * * * until the menstrual flow commences again * * *," were?
false and fraudulent, since the said article contained no ingredient or com??
bination of ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed.
On April 27, 1921, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment?
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court?
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
0. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.