11771. Misbranding   of   McGraw's   oil   of   life,   McGraw'S   improved   liquid
herbs, and McGraw's grolden prescription. U. S. v. lO Bottles of 
McGraw's Improved Liquid Herbs, et al. Default decrees of con- 
demnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 16341, 16342, 
16343.    S. Nos. C-3643, C-3644, C-3645.)
On June 1, 1922, the United States attorney for the District of Kansas, act- 
ing upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court 
of the United States for said district libels praying the seizure and condemna- 
tion of 23 bottles of McGraw's improved liquid herbs, 7 bottles of McGraw's oil 
of life, and 4 bottles of McGraw's golden prescription, in various lots at Neode- 
sha and Fort Scott, Kans., respectively, alleging that the articles had been 
shipped by the McGraw Remedy Co., from Little Rock, Ark., between the dates 
of December 12, 1921, and March 27, 1922, and transported from the State of 
Arkansas into the State of Kansas, and charging misbranding in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act, as amended.
Analyses of samples of the articles by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- 
partment showed that the oil of life consisted of approximately 95 per cent of 
kerosene and small proportions of turpentine oil, tar oil, and camphor, colored 
with alkanet; that the liquid herbs consisted of magnesium sulphate, a trace 
of iron citrate, extracts of plant drugs, including rhubarb and red pepper, 
water, and a small quantity of alcohol, flavored with methyl salicylate; and 
that the golden prescription consisted of aloes, iron and ammonium citrate, 
alcohol, and water.
Misbranding of the articles was alleged in substance in the libels for the- 
reason that the following statements appearing on the cartons containing the 
bottles of McGraw's golden prescription, "Relieves * * * Indigestion and 
all Stomach Ailments, Liver and Kidney Diseases, Rheumatism and Blood 
diseases. It sweeps * * * Worms and catarrhal accretions from the sys- 
tem, soothes and allays chronic inflammation," and the following statements 
appearing on the cartons containing the bottles of McGraw's improved liquid 
herbs, " Relief For Stomach, Liver and Kidney Diseases * * * for diseases 
arising from a debilitated condition of the system, or impure blood, such as 
Erysipelas, Scrofula, and Scrofulous Affections, Salt Rheum, Teeter, Pimples, 
Blotches, Boils, Old Sores, Mercurial Diseases And Rheumatism. * * * 
Remedy For The Blood * * *. In * * * Dropsy * * * Ague, Etc. 
* * * Scrofula and Eruptions * * * as a blood cleanser * * * in 
case of pain in Kidneys and back. * * * wonderful power in restoring and 
invigorating the whole system, in renovating and enriching the blood, in giving
an appetite and a tone to the stomach. Recommended for Scrofula, Scrofulous 
Humors, Rheumatism, Ring Worms, Salt Rheum, Boils, Pimples and Humors 
on the Face, Catarrh * * * Faintness at the Stomach * * * Pains in 
the Back, Female Weakness, General Debility * * * and diseases arising 
from an impure state or low condition of the blood. * * * It effectually 
aids weak, impaired and debilitated organs, invigorates the nervous system, 
tones and strengthens the digestive organs and imparts new life and energy to 
all the functions of the body. * * * Strengthens and Builds up the system 
while   it   Eradicates   Disease.    *    *    *    effectual   and   permanent   relief   in
* * * Disorders of the Stomach, Liver, Kidneys and Bladder and for 
Gravel," and the following statements borne on the labels of the bottles con- 
taining McGraw's oil of life, " for old sloughing ulcers, white swelling, crushed 
and mangled limbs, it is of peculiar value.    *    *    *    For   *    *    *   headache
* * * for colic or pain in the stomach or bowels * * * coughs, colds, 
and sore throat * * * for asthma * * * a valuable remedy for Hemor- 
rhoids or Piles * * * For Rheumatism, Kidney & Bladder Diseases 
[Trouble]," regarding the therapeutic and curative effects of the said articles, 
were false and fraudulent in that the said statements were applied to the articles 
so as to represent falsely and fraudulently to the purchasers thereof and 
create in the minds of such purchasers the impression and belief that the 
articles contained ingredients capable of producing the therapeutic effects 
claimed on the said labels, when, in truth and in fact, they contained no in- 
gredients or combinations of ingredients capable of producing such effects.
On November 21, 1922, 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.
HOWAED M. GORE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.