10641.?Misbranding   of   Madame   Dean   female   pill's.     IT.   S.     *      *     *     v.   S
Packages of * * * Madame Dean Female Pills (Ordinary),?
et al. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc??
tion.     (F. & D. No. 13576.    I. S. Nos. 6286-t, 6287-t.    S. No. E-2566.)
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 District?
Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and condemna??
tion of 3 packages of Madame Dean female pills (ordinary) and 3 packages of?
Madame Dean female pills (special), at Elizabeth, N. J., alleging that the article?
had been shipped by the United Medical Co., Lancaster, Pa., on or about the?
month of June, 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 wrap-?
per) ? * * * Female Pills * ' * * give relief in Female Disorders of the?
menstrual functions. * * * for Painful, Irregular and Scanty Menstrua??
tion";   (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 ir??
regular  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 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
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proper channel, * * * for irregular, painful, scanty or suppressed menstrua??
tions, * * * should be taken * * * to assist nature with * * * dis??
orders * * * during the change of life period. * * * Continue with?
the treatment until they give relief. * * * great relief from Pains or Head??
ache; * * * for suppressed Menstruation, * * * continue their use?
until relieved * * * take * * * until the menstrual flow commences?
again."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment 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 libel for the reason?
that the above-quoted statements regarding the curative and therapeutic effects?
of the said article were false and fraudulent, since the said article 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.