10770.?Misbranding of Madame Dean female pills.     17.  S. v. 6 Packages  of
Madame Dean Female Pills. Default decree of condemnation,?
forfeiture,  and   destruction.      (F.   &  D.   No.   13653.     I.   S.   No.   9205-t
S.  No. B-2721.)
On September 15, 1920, the United States attorney for the Western District?
of North Carolina, 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 6 packages of Madame Dean female pills, at?
Greensboro, N. C, alleging that the article had been shipped on or about Jan??
uary 20, 1919, by Martin Rudy, Lancaster, Pa., and transported from the State?
of Pennsylvania into the State of North Carolina, and alleging 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 de??
partment showed that the pills contained quinine, aloes, iron sulphate, senecio?
flowers and herb, ginger, and cornstarch.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the rea??
son that the following statements, appearing in the label of the article regard-
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BUREAU  OF   CHEMISTRY.	
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ing its  curative  and therapeutic  effects,   "(box  and wrapper)   Female Pills
*?* * give relief in Female Disorders of the menstrual functions * * *?
for Painful, Irregular, and Scanty Menstruation," (booklet) " * * * irregu??
lar, prolonged, or suppressed menstruation. * * * Female Pills afford re??
lief for these ailments." * * * a remedy intended solely for the relief of?
Amenoz-rhoea, Desmenorrhoea, scanty and irregular menstruation, and other?
derangments 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 men??
strual or monthly periods * * * strengthen and build up the uterine func??
tion," (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 supressed menstruations * * * should be taken * * * to?
assist nature  with    *    *    *    disorders    *    *    *    during  the  change  of life
*?* * Continue * * * the treatment until the"y give relief * * ~*?
great relief from Pains or Headache   *    *    *    for suppressed Menstruation,
*?* * continue their use until relieved * * * take * * * until the?
menstrual flow commences again," were false and fraudulent, as the article?
contained no igredients or combinations thereof capable of producing the effects?
claimed.
On December 17, 1920, no claimant having appeared, for the property, judg??
ment 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.