1G3?6. Misbranding of Ballard's Golden oil. TJ. S. v. 164 Bottles, et al., of Ballard's Golden Oil. Default decree of condemnation, for- feiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 23440. I. S. No. 05810. S. No. 1524.) On February 21, 1929, the United States attorney for the District of Mas- sachusetts, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 164 bottles, small size, and 24 bottles, large size, of Ballard's Golden oil, remaining in the original unbroken packages at Boston, Mass., al- leging that on November 11, 1928, the article had been shipped by Ballard's Golden Oil Co., Old Town, Me., and transported from the State of Maine into the State of Massachusetts, and charging misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act as amended. Analysis of a sample of the article by this department showed that it con- sisted essentially of linseed oil (97 per cent), and volatile oils including pep- permint, cedar, and origanum oils, methyl salicylate, and camphor. It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the follow- ing statements regarding the curative and therapeutic effects of the said article, appearing on the bottle label and wrapper and in the accompanying circular, "Catarrh-the best advice we can give you is: Take ' Ballard's Golden Oil.' The disease must be checked promptly, the throat cleared, and the membrane healed. Ballard's Golden Oil is indeed the friend of catarrh sufferers. Pneumonia-take a medicine that will check the malady just as quickly as possible, and that will help the sore and inflamed membranes to heal. We say, with many of our patrons. ' For Pneumonia, take Ballard's Golden 0 1.' Throat and Lung Trou- ble-Ballard's Golden Oil has proved a truly wonderful medicine. * * * throat and lung medicine. * * * The Quick Road to Recovery. The surest, speediest, easiest way to make sick spots go is to make liberal use of Ballard's Wonderful Golden Oil. If the sick spot has given rise to a cough, croup, asthma, hoarseness, sore throat, pneumonia, bronchitis, lagrippe, catarrh, or other throat or lung trouble, this Oil used internally and externally according to directions will restore health in short order. If it's a case of rheumatism, lame back, sci- atica, colic, cholera morbus * * * fresh wounds, old sores, *' * * neu- ralgia, erysipelas, or any allied malady, Ballard's Wonderful Golden Oil will get at the sick spot promptly and put good health in place of it. Sick spots promptly * * * and pain-inflammation-simply can not exist long where this Oil is used. * * * In long standing or chronic cases, it must not be supposed that the malady can be completely checked and wiped out with a single bottle of Ballard's Wonderful Golden Oil. To continue the use of the Oil, don't ' Put Off' Taking It. The longer you let a sick spot go on unchecked, the larger it will become and the farther it will spread. A small sick spot in the lungs, if allowed to spread, soon affects the whole organ, develops pneumonia, and threatens life. A small sick spot in the throat, if unmolested, soon becomes bron- chitis or something worse. A small sick spot in the bowels, induced by dry membrane and consequent inflammation and catarrh of the bowels, soon makes awful havoc upon the intestinal canal if not promptly checked and cured. No matter where the sick spot is, it can not be cured any too quickly. Nature demands an invincible ally at such times. Why use Ballard's Wonderful Golden Oil? * * * It has its own peculiar curative properties, and when we prom- ise you this Oil will bring relief in such maladies as are enumerated above we do so with the utmost assurance and confidence, based on many years of treat- ment of these identically same sicknesses and troubles. It has proved a valuable remedial agent for the specified maladies. * ' * * For years a Standard Home Remedy for * * * bronchitis, take Ballard's Golden Oil on sugar. * * * For Grippe take Ballard's Golden Oil according to directions, rubbing plenty of the Oil on to the throat and lungs. For asthma take Ballard's Golden Oil. It tends to remove the obnoxious accumulation in the throat, and to soothe the membrane. We specially advise this remedy for Asthma. For Croup give Ballard's Golden Oil every half hour, also placing over the throat and lungs cloths warmed and saturated with the Oil. For Colic and Cholera Morbus treat with Ballard's Golden Oil. Let it help you get rid of the griping pains and discomfort. For inflammation of the bowels, take regular doses of Ballard's Golden Oil every half hour. Relietf is hastened by placing over the bowels cloths warmed and saturated with the oil. For Rheumatism rub gently the affected parts with Ballard's Golden Oil, taking oare to work the oil into the pores as much as possible. For * * * all Inflammation use Ballard's Golden Oil liberally on the sore portions * * * Wherever there is a sick spot, rub on Ballard's Golden Oil * * * this Oil * * * ever ready to treat pain and sickness," (bottle) " Directions: For Coughs * * * Asthma, Bronchitis, Throat and Lung Diseases, Colic and Cholera Morbus * * * For Croup, * * * Coughs, Sore Throat and Lung Troubles. Diminish the number of doses after the malady has yielded to the above treatment. For external pains, heat the parts, rub in Golden Oil thoroughly, and give one half to one teaspoon- ful twice a day. * * * Golden Oil is a * * * remedy for Internal and External use. Especially for Coughs * * * Croup, Asthma, Hoarseness, Pneumonia, Catarrh, Sore Throat, Bronchitis, Colic, Salt Rheum, Cholera Mor- bus, Rheumatism, Sciatica, Lame Back * * * Neuralgia, Old Sores, Ery- sipelas, * * * Whooping Cough and general Throat and Lung Disease," (wrapper) "For the Treatment of Coughs * * * Croup, Asthma, Hoarse- ness, Sore Throat, Bronchitis, Pneumonia, Catarrh, Colic, Salt Rheum, Cholera Morbus, Rheumatism, LaGrippe, Sciatica, Lame Back, * * * Neuralgia, Old Sores, Erysipelas, * * * Whooping Cough and Throat and Lung Diseases," (circular) "When We Neglect Our Body, the first thing that usually happens in case of physical neglect is the coming of inflammation in some form or other. In case of neglected throat, the inflammation eausesya soreness there; if the lungs are neglected, the arising inflammation induces coughing; if the back muscles are strained and overtaxed, inflammation sets in and lameness results. In fact, trace practically every bodily ailment back to its source, and you will find that it had its start in some physical wrong which causes inflammation. It may have been ever so slight, an ill in the beginning-very few maladies manifest their worst stages at the start-but you can safely bank every time on the fact that where there is pain there is surely inflammation, and wherever there is inflammation there is need of immediate and reliable relief for it. It is one thing to know you have an ache or a pain-that inflammation has got a good hold on you ; it is quite another thing to know which way to turn for prompt and positive relief. * * * we suggest you try our popular Ballard's Golden Oil. Whether you use it internally or externally, this Oil is intended to help you get rid of the troublesome inflammation and to do this as fast as it can. How do sick spots come? You really know the answer as well as we do. The little chap who wets his feet in the wayside puddle and is ' all stuffed up' the next morn- ing; he knows how the sick spot came in his nose and throat. The man who overworked his back muscles yesterday and finds it terribly painful to straighten up to-day; he knows how the sick spot came in his back. In all such cases in- flammation follows irritation until there is something pretty serious to cope with, and it becomes important to check the progress of the malady-to blot out the sick spot-as quickly as possible. Coughs should not be allowed to ' run along' without treatment. The moment you realize a cough is ' on' you, take Bal- lard's Golden Oil according to directions and let this soothing effective remedy serve as your ' friend in need.' Croup is one of the most common yet most dan- gerous diseases known to children. This disease is also one of the hardest to contend with. There being no developed point in the trachea or windpipe,, it is possible for phlegm to accumulate in the passage, and if not cleared the child's breathing becomes more and more impaired until at last suffocation results and the child dies. Prompt action should be taken to cure croup as soon as the malady is detected. Symptoms: Feverishness, cold in the head, slight hoarse- ness, increasing towards evening. Sometimes croup will manifest itself without warning, the first knowledge of its presence being when the child breaks out in the night with a hoarse, ringing cough, resembling a low whistle and which, once heard, will always be remembered. If the disease is neglected or does not yield to treatment, signs of prostration follow, breathing becomes more difficult, and the face assumes a livid hue. For relief: Give the patient Ballard's Won- derful Golden Oil every half hour, at same time place over the throat and lungs cloths warmed and saturated with the Oil," were false and fraudulent in that the article contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed, and in that the said statements were applied to the article knowingly and in reckless and wanton disregard of their truth or falsity, so as to represent falsely and fraudulently to purchasers thereof and create in the minds of such purchasers the impression and belief that the said article was in whole or in part composed of or contained ingredients or medicinal agents effective in the diseases and conditions named therein. On March 28, 1929, 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. R. W. DUWLAP, Acting Secretari/ of Agriculture.