1608&. Misbranding1 of "Walker's Old Indian fever tonic. V. S. v. IS Bottles 
of Walker's Old Indian Fever Tonic. Default decree of condem- 
nation, forfeiture, and destruction. (P. & D. No. 23900. I. S. No. 
03980.    S. No. 2107.)
On or about July 31, 1929, the Unittd States attorney for the Southera District 
of Florida, 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 18 bottles of Walker's Old Indian fever tonic, remaining in 
the original unbroken packages at Jacksonville, Fla., alleging that the article 
had been shipped by Bostwick Bros., from Atlanta, Ga., on or about June 25, 
1929, and transported from the State of Georgia into the State of Florida, and 
charging misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act as amended.
Analysis of the sample of the article by this department showed that it con- 
sisted essentially of magnesium sulphate, quinine sulphate, a small amount of 
arsenic, alcohol, and water colored with a pink dye and flavored with oil of 
cinnamon and other aromatics.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the package 
failed to bear a statement on the label of the quantity or proportion of alcohol 
contained therein. Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that the 
following statements, borne on the bottle and carton labels, regarding the 
curative and therapeutic effects of the article were false and fraudulent, since 
it contained no ingredients or combination of ingredients capable of producing 
the effects, claimed: (Bottle label) "F'ever Tonic For Fevers of Various Kinds 
such as Malarial Fever, Chills and Fever, Intermittent Fever, Typhoid Fever
* * * For Influenza, * * * LaGrippe, Measles, Jaundice, Neuralgia;" 
(carton  label)   " Fever Tonic   *    *    *    Malarial  Fevers,  La   Grippe,   Chills
* *    *    Measles, Jaundice, Neuralgia    *    *    *    For LaGrippe, Influenza."
On September 17, 1929, 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.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.