13692.  Misbranding;  of  Madam  Dean's female   pills.    V.  S.  v.   11  Boxes  or
Madam   Dean's   Female   Pills. Default   decree   of   condemnation,,
forfeiture,  and  destruction. (F.  &  D.   No.   13366.     I.   S.  No.  5709-t.- 
S. No. E-2520.)
On August 19, 1920, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
New York, 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 11 boxes of Madam Dean's female pills, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at Buffalo, N. Y., consigned by Martin Rudy,. 
Lancaster, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped from Lancaster,. 
Pa., August 2, 1920, and transported from the State of Pennsylvania into the 
State of New York, 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 pills contained quinine, aloes, iron sulphate^ 
senecio flowers and herb, ginger, and cornstarch.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that the 
following statements borne on the labels: (Box label and wrapper) "Female 
Pills    *    *    *    give relief in Female Disorders of the menstrual functions-
* * * for Painful, Irregular and Scanty Menstruation," (booklet) "irregular, 
prolonged, or suppressed menstruation * * * Female Pills afford relief for 
these ailments * * * A remedy intended solely for the relief of amenorrhoear 
Dysmenorrhoea, scanty and irregular menstruation, and other derangements of 
the reproductive 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 menstruation, and assist in re-establishing or restoring the menstrual 
or monthly period * * * strengthen and build up the uterine functions," 
(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, painful, scanty or sup- 
pressed menstruations   *   *   *   should be taken   *   *   *   to assist nature with.
* * * disorders * * * during the change of life period * * * Con- 
tinue * * * the treatment until they give relief * * * great relief 
from Pains or Headache * * * for suppressed Menstruation * * * con- 
tinue their use until relieved * * * take * * * until the menstrual flow 
commences again," regarding the curative and therapeutic effects of the said 
article, were false and fraudulent, since it contained no ingredient or com-