10331. Misbranding of Madame Dean female pills. U. S. * * * v. 17?
Packages of Madame Dean's Female Pills (Special) and 3 Dozen.?
Packages of Madame Dean's Pills (Single). Defanlt decree order??
ing the destruction of the product. (F. & D. No. 13280. I. S. Nos.?
9143-t,  9144-t.    S. No.  E>-2655.)
On or about September 11, 1920, the United States attorney for the Southern?
District of Florida, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed?
in the District Court of the United States for said district libels for the seizure?
and condemnation of 17 packages of Madame Dean female pills (special) and?
3 dozen packages of Madame Dean pills (single), at Tampa and Miami, Fla.,?
respectively, consigned by Martin Rudy, Lancaster, *Pa., alleging that the article?
had been shipped from Lancaster, Pa., on or about June 21 and July 2, 1920,?
respectively, and transported from the State of Pennsylvania into the State of?
Florida, 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 special strength pills contained quinine, aloes,?
iron sulphate, senecio flowers and herb, ginger, and cornstarch; and that the?
single strength pills contained quinine, aloes, iron sulphate, hydrastis, ginger,?
and cornstarch.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libels for the?
reason that the labeling thereof bore the following statements, designs, and?
devices regarding the curative or therapeutic effects of the said article, to?
wit, (box label and wrapper) " * * * Female Pills * * * give relief in?
Female Disorders of the menstrual functions. * * * for Painful, Ir??
regular 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 function [periods] * * *," (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. * * * Con??
tinue 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," which were false and fraudulent in that the said article?
would not produce the curative and therapeutic effects which purchasers were?
led to expect by the said statements, designs, and devices, and which were?
applied thereto with a knowledge of their falsity for the purpose of defrauding?
purchasers thereof.
On March 3, 1922, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment?
of the court was entered ordering that the product be destroyed by the United?
States marshal.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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