11805.  Misbranding of Orange Blossom female suppositories.     U.  S. v. 1S54
Boxes   of  Orange  Blossom  Female   Suppositoi-ies.     Default  decree
of condemnation, forfeiture,  and  destruction.     (F.  & D.? No.  16666.
S. No. C-3723.)
On July 31, 1922, the United States attorney for the Southern District of
Iowa, acting upon a report by the Secretary ,of Agriculture, filed in the District
?Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the seizure and
condemnation of 124 boxes of Orange Blossom female suppositories at Burling- 
ton, Iowa, alleging that the article had been shipped by Dr. J. A. McGill & Co., 
Chicago, Ill., on or about April 15, 1922, and transported from the State of 
Illinois into the State of Iowa, and charging misbranding in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: " For Diseases Peculiar 
To Women * * * Female Weakness * * * In cases of Pregnancy, the 
Suppositories may be safely used up to the fourth month * * * conse- 
quently relieving the patient of much suffering at child-birth. In cases of 
Change of Life, the Suppositories will relieve the organ of the morbid condi- 
tions * * * 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. 
* * * For * * * Inflammation, Congestion and Falling of the Womb, 
Anteversion, Retroversion and Prolapsus, Ulceration, Leucorrhoea, Profuse and 
Difficult Menstruation."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- 
partment 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 packages or labels bore certain statements, designs, and devices, re- 
garding the curative and therapeutic effect of the said article, which were false 
and misleading in that the article contained no ingredients or substances which 
would relieve the female organs or morbid conditions thereof, or cure or relieve 
sick headache, backache, irritation of the stomach, spinal irritation, pain be- 
tween the shoulders, distressing sensation in the back of the head and nape of 
the neck, and numbness and coldness of the extremities, or falling of the womb, 
anteversion, retroversion, or prolapsus, ulceration, leucorrhea, profuse and 
difficult menstruation.
On January 6, 1923, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
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.