10812. Misbranding of manhood pills. TT. S. v. 10 Packages of Manhood?
Pills. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc??
tion.     (F. & D. No. 13958.    I. S. No. 1634-t.    S. No. C-2595.)
On November 23, 1920, the United States attorney for the Western District?
of Louisiana, 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 packages of manhood pills, remaining unsold in the?
original unbroken packages at Longstreet, La., alleging that the article had?
been shipped by the Fitzpatrick Drug Co., Helena, Ark., October 12, 1920,?
and transported from the State of Arkansas into the State of Louisiana, 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 pills contained zinc phosphid and extracts of?
nux vomica and damiana, coated with calcium carbonate.
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Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason?
that the labels on the boxes containing the article and the accompanying cir??
culars bore certain statements regarding its curative and therapeutic effect,?
which falsely and fraudulently represented it to be effective to restore lost?
manhood and to bring strong healthy sexual power, to cure weak, nervous,?
shaky, and unstrung conditions and impotence and weak sexual power in men,?
when, in fact and in truth, it contained no ingredient or combination of in??
gredients capable of producing the effects claimed.
On May 22, 1922, 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.