14202. Misbranding: of Lithadonis.    IT. S. v. 4 Dozen Bottles of Lithadonls.
Default    decree    of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and    destruction.
(F. & D. No. 20409.    I. S. No. 86-x.    S. No. W-1774.)
On September 2, 1925, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of California, 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 
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seizure and condemnation of 4 dozen bottles of Lithadonis, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at San Francisco, Calif., consigned by the American 
Apothecaries Co., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- - 
merce from New York, N. Y., into the State of California, in two shipments, 
November 1, 1924, and March 28, 1925, respectively, and charging misbranding 
in violation of the food and drugs act as amended.
Analysis by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department of a sample of the 
article showed that it consisted of tablets containing compounds of lithium 
and iodine, salicylate, caffeine, and a material derived from plant drugs includ- 
ing a laxative drug. 
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that the 
statements, borne on the bottle label, " Indicated in * * * Arthritis 
* * * Neuritis, Gout, Sciatica, Lumbago, Riggs Disease, Especially valu- 
able in the treatment of Gonorrheal Rheumatism and mixed infections from 
Scrofula, Syphilis, etc. * * * Two tablets every two hours until pain is 
relieved," were false and fraudulent, since the article contained no ingredient 
or substances capable of producing the effects claimed.
On February 2, 1926, 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. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.