18541. Misbranding of Fildrysine. V. S. v. 30 Bottles of Fildrysine. Default 
decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. F. & D. N. 23158. 
I. S. No. 02104.     S. No. 1226.)
On or about October 25, 1928, the United States attorney for the District of 
Porto Rico, 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 30 bottles of Fildrysine at San Juan, P. R., 
alleging that the article was being offered for sale and sold in Porto Rico, by 
Serra, Garabis & Co., San Juan, P. R., 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 sodium, potassium, arsenic, mercury, and berberin com- 
pounds, iodides, glycerin, alcohol, and water.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the fol- 
lowing statements regarding the curative or therapeutic effects of the said 
article, borne on the carton and bottle label and in the accompanying circular, 
were false and fraudulent, since it contained no ingredient or combination of 
ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed: (Carton and bottle label) 
" Recommend for such states of the blood and skin which require the use of a 
depurative," (circular) "Cure yourself, * * * Our Lady of Lourdes, Foun- 
tain of Health, Hundreds of faithful people annually visit in search of health, 
the Miraculous Fountains of Lourdes. You do not need to make such an expen- 
sive trip; have faith in the medicines prescribed in this pamphlet and you 
will enjoy good health. Faith is what saves * * * Out with the bad 
humors with the use of this prodigious and new depurative, the most powerful 
blood purifier * * * Its use is indicated in all the diseases which are due to 
bad humors or viciated blood, either recent or chronic, hereditary or by con- 
tagion. Therefore, it combats with efficacy Filariosis (chronic inflammation 
of the legs)   Syphilis   (chancres,  chancroids,   cutaneous  eruptions  and   other
affections of the cells and organs derived from them) Erysipelas, Glandular 
Infarcts (Adenitis) Chronic Ulcers, Grains, Blemishes, Herpes, Eczema, Groins, 
Pimples, Rheumatism, Gout, Inflammation of the Joints, Buboes, etc. * * * 
In the treatment of Syphilis, after a series of Antisyphilitic injections such as 
Salvarsan (606) or Neo-Salvarsan (914), nothing will complete more effica- 
ciously its radical cure than a series of six bottles of Fildrysine, this prodigious 
depurative."
On December 7, 1928, 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.
ARTHUR M. HTDB, Secretary, of Agriculture.