11490.?Misbranding of Texas Wonder.     U.  S. v.  144 Bottles  of Texas Won?
der.     Default  decree  of  condemnation, forfeiture,  and   destruc??
tion.     (P. & D. No.  12902.     I. S. No. 9564-r.     S. No. C-1968.)-
On June 23, 1920, the United States attorney for the Northern District of?
Texas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis??
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the seizure?
and condemnation of 144 bottles of Texas Wonder, remaining in the original?
packages at Fort Worth, Tex., alleging that the article had been shipped by?
E. W. Hall, St. Louis, Mo., during the month of June, 1920, and transported?
from the State of Missouri into the State of Texas, and charging misbranding?
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended. The article was labeled?
in part: (Carton) "A Remedy For Kidney and Bladder Troubles Weak and?
Lame backs, Rheumatism and Gravel. Regulates Bladder Trouble in Chil??
dren;" (circular headed "Read Carefully") "In cases of Gravel and Rheu??
matic troubles it should be taken every night in 25-drop doses until relieved."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that it consisted essentially of copaiba, guaiac resin, extracts?
of rhubarb and colchicum, an oil similar to turpentine oil, alcohol, and water.
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Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the?
reason that the statements appearing on the cartons and bottles containing?
the said article were false and fraudulent in that the said article contained?
no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the thera??
peutic effects claimed on the said cartons and bottles, namely, the treatment?
and cure of kidney and bladder troubles, weak and lame backs, rheumatism,?
gravel, bladder trouble in children, stone in the kidneys, or similar diseases.
On February 12, 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.
HOWARD M. GORE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.