11342.?Misbranding of Madame Dean female pills. U. S. v. 18 Packages?
of Madame Dean Female Pills. Default decree of condemnation, for??
feiture, and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 13279.     S. No. E-2605.)
On September 9, 1920, the United States attorney for the Southern District?
of Georgia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district a libel Cor the seizure and?
condemnation of 18 packages of Madame Dean female pills, remaining unsold?
in the original packages at Augusta, Ga., alleging that the article had been?
shipped by Martin Rudy, Lancaster, Pa., on or about June 23, 1916, and trans??
ported from the State of Pennsylvania into the State of Georgia, and charging?
misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended. The article?
was labeled in part: (Box and wrapper) " Female Pills * * * give relief in?
Female Disorders of the menstrual functions * * * for Painful, Irregular?
and Scanty Menstruation;" (booklet) "* * * irregular, prolonged, or sup??
pressed menstruation    *    *    *    Female Pills afford relief for these ailments
* * * a remedy intended solely for the relief of Ajnenorrhoea, Dysmenor-?
rhoea, scanty and irregular menstruation, and other derangements of the re??
productive   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 menstrua??
tion, 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 proper channel * * * for irregular * * * scanty or suppressed?
menstruations * * * should be taken * * * to assist nature with those?
disorders that usually attend them during the change of life period * * *?
Continue with the treatment until they give relief * * * great relief from?
Pains or Headache * * * 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?
department show.ed that the pills contained quinine, aloes, iron sulphate, senecio?
flowers and herb, ginger, and cornstarch.
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BUREAU   OF   CHEMISTRY.	
[Supplement 3 57,
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the?
reason that the above-quoted statements appearing on the said package,?
booklet, and circular were false and fraudulent since the said article con??
tained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the?
therapeutic effects claimed.
On October 11, 1921, 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.