10819. Misbranding- of Make-Man tablets. U. S. * * * v. 58 Boxes?
*      *      *     of Make-Man Tablets.     Default  decree  of condemnation,
forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 151696.    Inv. No. 33746.     S. No.?
C-3321.)
On December 7, 1921, the United States attorney for the Southern District?
of Texas, 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 58 boxes  of Make-Man  tablets,  at Houston,  Tex.,  alleging
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that the article had been shipped by the Ossenbrink Drug Co., West Point,?
Iowa, on or about October 10, 1921, and transported from the State of Iowa?
into the State of Texas, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food?
and Drugs Act, as amended. The article was labeled in part: (Bottle label)?
" Make-Man Tablets * * * For The Treatment Of Rheumatism, Neuralgia,?
Catarrh, Wasting Diseases, Nervous Debility, * * * And All Kindred Dis??
eases Resulting From A Worn-out Nervous System * * * Natures Greatest?
Aid To Repair The Nervous System And The Ideal Remedy For All Nervous?
Trouble * * *"; (circulars) "General Directions * * * Make-Man?
Tablets * * * Natures Greatest Aid To Repair The Nervous Sys??
tem And The Ideal Remedy For All Nervous Trouble. * * * for?
building up the * * * Nerves, * * * the ideal remedy for all?
Blood and Nerve disorders. * * * an effective remedy for Nervous?
Debility, Prostration, Sleeplessness, Wasting Diseases, Rheumatism, Catarrh?
and all kindred diseases resulting from a worn-out, run-down nervous system
*?* *"; " Free Medical Advice * * * To Nervous People Appealing?
To The Sick Nerve Cells Of All Mankind   *    *    *   Take 4 Tablets each day
*?* *";" Statement Of Case * * * For Men * * * Are you nervous??
Easily excited? Inclined to despondency? Easily discouraged? Seminal?
emissions at night? How often? With or without erections? Strong or?
weak desire for sexual intercourse? * * * Have you used Make-Man?
Tablets? * * * For Women * * * Are you nervous? Easily excited??
Easily discouraged? Inclined to despondency? * * * Suffer with seminal?
weakness?    Loss of ambition?    Strong or weak desire ror sexual intercourse?
*?*    *    Have you used Make-Man Tablets?    *    *    * "
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this?
department showed that the tablets consisted essentially of iron carbonate,?
arsenic, a laxative vegetable drug, and strychnine phosphate, coated with a?
mixture of sugar and calcium carbonate.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the?
reason that the above-quoted statements regarding the curative or thera??
peutic effects of the said article, appearing on the label of the bottle contain??
ing the same and in the accompanying circulars were false and fraudulent,?
since the article contained no ingredients or combination of ingredients capable?
of producing the effects claimed.
On April 1, 1922, 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.
C. W. PTJGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.