10498. Misbranding of   Madame   Dean   female   pills.     U.   S.     *     *     *     v.   5
Packages * * * and 5 Packages * * * of Madame Dean 
Female Pills * * * Default decree of condemnation, forfei- 
ture, and destruction.     (P. & D. No. 13466.    I. S. Nos. 6290-t, 6291-t.    S.
No. B-2552.)
On September 2, 1920, the United States attorney for the District of New 
Jersey, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and con- 
demnation of 5 packages of Madame Dean female pills (special) and 5 packages 
of Madame Dean female pills (single), at Orange, N. J., alleging that the article 
had been shipped by Martin Rudy, Lancaster, Pa., on or about June 30, 1920, 
and transported from the State of Pennsylvania into the State of New Jersey, 
and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended. 
The article was labeled in part: (Box label and wrapper) " * * * Female 
Pills   *    *    *   give relief in Female Disorders of the menstrual functions.
* * * for Painful, Irregular and Scanty Menstruatioa * * *"; (book- 
let) " * * * irregular, prolonged, or suppressed menstruation. * * * 
Female Pills afford relief for these ailments. * * * a remedy intended 
solely for the relief of Amenorrhea, Dysmenorrhea, scanty and irregular men- 
struation, 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-estab- 
lishing or restoring, the menstrual or monthly periods * * * strengthen 
and build up the uterine function * * *"; (circular) " * * * a great re- 
lief 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 treat- 
ment until they give relief.    *    *    *   great relief from Pains or Headache;
* * * for suppressed menstruation * * * Continue their use until re- 
lieved    *    *    *    take    *    *    *    until  the  menstrual flow  commences  again."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau oC 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 the libel for the reason that the 
above-quoted statements regarding the curative and therapeutic effects of the 
said article were false and fraudulent, since it contained no ingredient or 
combination of ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed.
On July 11, 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.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.