10602.?Misbranding  of Haskin's  Nervine.    XJ.   S.     *     *     *     v.  10 Bottles   of
*?*     *     Haskln's  Nervine.    Default  decree ordering destruction
of the product.     (F, & D. No. 14468.  ,Inv. Np. 26278.    S. No. E-3127.)
On February 12, 1921, the United States attorney.for the Northern District?
of West Virginia, 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 10 bottles of Haskin's Nervine, remaining unsold in the?
original unbroken packages at Clarksburg, W. Va., alleging that the article had?
been shipped by the Haskin Medicine Co., Binghamton, N. Y., on or about Jan??
uary 6, 1921, and transported from the State of New York into the State of?
West Virginia, 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.depart??
ment showed that it consisted of a sweetened, flavored, and colored solution of?
Epsom salt:
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that the?
label bore the statement, "A Purely Vegetable Compound," together with guar??
anty statement and serial number, which was false and misleading. Misbrand??
ing was alleged in substance for the further reason that the following state??
ments appearing on the labels of the bottles and cartons containing: the said?
article, (bottle) "Nervine The Great Nerve Tonic and Blood Purifier. ??* * *?
For  Liver   Complaint,   Female  Weakness,   Nervous   Affections,  Kheumatism,
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Kidney Trouble, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, * * * Biliousness and Catarrh?
* * * Nervous Diseases, Pains in the Heart and Shoulders, * * * In??
digestion, Headache, Heartburn, Loss of Appetite, Dizziness, Numbness, Nausea,?
Fluttering of the Heart, Faintness, Rheumatism and Kidney Trouble. * * *?
Nervous Prostration and Female Complaints * * * It strengthens the?
Nerves, Purifies the Blood, Tones up the System, Makes New Rich Blood, Clear?
Skin, and Ensures Perfect Health * * *," (carton) "Nervine. The Great?
Tonic,. NetvihH and Blood Purifier. * * * It Strengthens the Nerves, Pu??
rifies the Blood, Tones Up the System, Makes New, Rich Blood, t51 ear Skin,?
x * * rpne Great Nerve and Blood Tonic. * * * It acts upon the glandu??
lar system, increasing the functional activity of the body, it at once makes?
known its wonderful power of renovating and enriching the blood, and invig??
orates ttie whole system. As a remedy for diseases of the Stomach, Liver and?
Kidneys, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Loss of Appetite, Sick Headache, D zziness,?
Female Weakness, Nervous Prostration, Emaciation, General Debility, Rheuma??
tism, Heart Trouble, Eruptions of the Skin, Pimples, Boils, Tumors, Scrofulous?
Affections, Cancerous Humors, Salt Rheum, Catarrh, Ringworm, Carbuncles,?
Ulcers and Sores, Syphilitic Affections, Malaria [Malarial Poison], Pain in the?
Bones, or in fact any disease originating from an impure state or low condition?
of the blood and nerves, . * * * While eradicating and expelling the germs?
of disease, it at the same time builds up and invigorates, giving new life and?
energy to the whole system * *' *," were false and fraudulent in that the?
said article contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of?
producing the effects claimed.
On September 29, ,1921, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment of the court was entered finding the product to be misWanded and order??
ing its destruction by the United States marshal.
C. W. PUGSLEY. Acting Secretary of Agriculture.