11107. Misbranding of Orange Blossom female suppositories. TJ. S. v. 193?
Boxes of Orange Blossom Female Suppositories. Default decree?
of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 16652.?
S. No. C-3712.)
On July 21, 1922, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
Missouri, 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 193 boxes of Orange Blossom female suppositories,?
remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at St. Louis, Mo., alleging?
that the article had been shipped by Dr. J. A. McGill & Co., Chicago, III., in?
part on or about May 24 and in part on or about June 29, 1922, and trans??
ported from the State of Illinois into the State of Missouri, 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 suppositories consisted essentially of cocoa butter,?
petrolatum, boric acid, sodium sulphate, and a little flour.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the?
reason that the following statements appearing in the circular accompanying?
the said article, to wit, " * * * for Diseases Peculiar To Women * * *?
Female Weakness * * * In cases of Pregnancy, the Suppositories may?
be safely used up to the fourth month * * * consequently relieving the?
patient of much suffering at child-birth. In cases of Change of Life, the?
Suppositories will relieve the organ of the morbid conditions * * *?
Nervous sick headache, backache, irritation of the stomach, spinal irritation,?
pain between the shoulders, distressing sensation in the back of the head,?
nape of the neck, and numbness and coldness of the extremities. In these?
cases the Suppositories will give relief by their action on the womb * * *?
por * * * inflammation, Congestion and Falling of the Womb, eversion?
f ante version], Retroversion and Prolapsus, Ulceration, Leucorrhoea, Profuse?
and Difficult Menstruation," were false and fraudulent since the said article?
contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing?
the curative and therapeutic effects claimed.
On January 5, 1923, 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. PTTGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.