10942.?Misbranding of  emmenagagne pills  and Hick's  nerve  tonic.    V.  S.
v. 17 Packages of Emmcnagogpue Pills, et al.    Default decrees of
condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruction.     (F.   &   D.   Nos.   13881.?
13882.     S. Nos. C-2583, C-2585.)
On December 9, 1920, the United States attorney for the Southern District?
of Mississippi, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in?
the District Court of the United States for said district libels for the seizure?
and condemnation of 17 packages of emmenagogue pills, consisting of 4 pack??
ages of Leslie's, 9 packages of Arthur's, and 4 packages of Thomas' emmena??
gogue pills, and 10 packages of Bick's nerve tonic, remaining in the original?
unbroken packages at Greenville, Miss., alleging that the articles had been?
shipped by the Palestine Drug Co., St. Louis, Mo., on or about February 15,
1919,?and transported from the State of Missouri into the State of Mississippi,?
and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended..?
The emmenagogue pills were labeled in part: (Box) "Emmenagogue Pills?
recommended for Ammenorrhoea, Dysmenorrhoea, and other Menstrual?
Troubles. * * * Beginning Treatment * * * Before The Regular?
Monthly Period * * * Continue * * * Until Relief Is Obtained." The?
nerve tonic was labeled in part: (Wrapper) "Nerve Tonic * * * one of?
the best * * * treatments known for those nervous run-down conditions?
which cause so much mental worry. * * * For the treatment of weak and?
irritated conditions of the nervous system * * * manifested by * * *?
poor appetite, feeling of weakness, despondency, lack of tone in the system of?
both sexes and lack of energy."
Analyses of samples of the articles by the Bureau of Chemistry of this?
department showed that the pills consisted essentially of iron sulphate, aloes,?
and vegetable extract, coated with a mixture of sugar and calcium carbonate,?
colored pink, and that the nerve tonic consisted of two products, brown tablets?
containing phosphorus and compounds of zinc and iron, coated with sugar and?
calcium carbonate, and yellow pellets containing compounds of iron, strychnine,?
and phosphorus, coated with sugar and calcium carbonate.
Misbranding of the articles was alleged in substance in the libels for the?
reason that the above-quoted statements regarding the curative and thera??
peutic effects of the respective articles, appearing on the box label or the?
wrapper, as the case might be, were false and fraudulent in that the said?
articles had not the curative or therapeutic effects so claimed in the said?
statements and contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable?
of producing such effects.
On November 28, 1921, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ments of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered by the?
court that the products be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Actmg Secretary* of Agriculture.