14290. Misbranding of Prescription 1000 internal and Prescription 100O 
external. U. S. v. Certain Quantities of Prescription 1000 Inter- 
nal and Prescription lOOO External. Default decrees of condem- 
nation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 20080, 20081. I. S. 
Nos. 14503-v, 14504-v,  14505-v, 14506-v.    S. Nos. W-1716, W-1717.)
On May 25, 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 libels praying seizure and 
condemnation of 16 dozen bottles of Prescription 1000 internal, and 10 dozen 
bottles of Prescription 1000 external, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at San Francisco, Calif., alleging that the article liad been shipped 
by the Reese Chemical Co., from Cleveland, Ohio, March 19 and 31 and April 
22, 1925, respectively, and transported from the State of Ohio into the State 
of California, 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 Prescription 1000 internal showed that it consisted of an emulsion com- s 
posed of copaiba balsam, a small amount of alkali, and water, flavored with 
methyl salicylate. Analysis by said bureau of a sample of the Prescription 
1000 external showed that it consisted of potassium permanganate dissolved 
in water.
Misbranding of the articles was alleged in substance in the libels for the .,.,, 
reason that the following statements, regarding the curative and therapeutic :rij; 
effects of the said articles, were false and fraudulent, since they "contained no 
ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the effects 
claimed: (Internal) (circular Number 1, Spanish) " For gonorrhea, sup- 
puration, diseases of the urine, excess of urine, inflammation, etc., * * * 
In the treatment of gonorrhea * * * continue taking * * * for some 
weeks after the suppuration has terminated and follow the instructions strictly 
in order to insure permanent alleviation," (circular Number 2, English) "What 
the U. S. Pharmacopoea says about the ingredients of Prescription 1000 In- 
ternal. Balsam Copaiba-Principally used in gonorrhea; gently stimulant, 
diuretic, laxative, and in large doses purgative. Santal Oil:-Chief use is in 
gonorrheal urethritis, although sometimes used in chronic bronchitis and 
cystitis. Potassium Hydroxide-Internally mildly diuretic and powerfully 
antacid. Renders the urine alkaline. Methyl Salicylate-Used chiefly in- 
ternally for rheumatism, also as a flavoring agent"; (external) (circular 
Number 1, Spanish) "It is the companion of Prescription 1000 for internal 
use. It should be used in conjunction with it for obstinate cases of gonorrhea 
or suppuration, when the patient desires immediate relief.    It may also be