17093. Misbranding of Dr. Kaufmann's sulphur bitters. U. S. v. 46 Bottles of Dr. Kaufmann's Sulphur Bitters. Default decree of condemna- tion, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 24510. I. S. No. 030206. S No. 2797.) On February 5, 1930, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 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 46 bottles of Dr. Kaufmann's sulphur bitters, remaining in the original unbroken packages at Philadelphia, Pa., consigned by A. P. Ordway & Co, New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped from New York, N. Y., on or about January 8, 1930, and transported from the State of New York into the Stnt^ of Pennsylvania, 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 consisted essentially of extracts of plant drugs including a laxative drug and a bitter drug, aloe, resin of podophyllum, a trace of sulphur, alcohol, and water. It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the statement on. the label, " Sulphur Bitters," was false and misleading, since there was but a minute amount of sulphur present therein. Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that the following statements regarding the curative or therapeutic effects of the article, appearing in the labeling, were false and fraudulent, since the said article contained no ingredient or combi- nation of ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed: (Bottle label) "In obstinate cases, of biliousness and costiveness;" (booklet) "Sickness and Its Cause. What is the greatest cause of sickness? * * * Poor, thin, vile, vitiated blood. * * * At times we see people who are dizzy and have faint- ing fits. These, when not attended to, will result in a diseased brain. Now, dear readers, remember what I have told you: Eradicate from your blood all humors; keep it always in a pure condition, and it is then impossible for you to remain long unwell. Dr. Kaufmann's Sulphur Bitters will aid you to do this and keep your blood in a good condition * * * General Wasting Away. How often we see many people thus afflicted, * * * The general symptoms of this disease are impaired digestion, loss of appetite; there is a gradual wasting away of the whole body, loss of strength, a languid feeling, hectic fever, difficult breathing, and sometimes a most severe cough. In chil- dren, worms will cause a general wasting away. In the last twenfy years I have noticed this disease in the young of both sexes, where it has been caused by syphilis or other venereal taint, which has descended to them from their parents. Is not this a most terrible thing for parents to thus infect their own children? And where children are of a scrofulous habit, I have noticed an enlargement of the glands, with a costive state of the bowels, indigestion, appetite good one day and poor the next, pallid, or flushed cheeks, emaciated limbs, swelling of the abdomen, and in a great many cases horrible eruptions would break out on the arms and thighs, and in fact all over the body * * * In these cases * * * Dr. Kaufmann's Sulphur Bitters should be freely used; * * * Heartburn. This is a disease of the stomach * * * Use Dr.-Kauf- mann's Sulphur Bitters. * * * Retention of the Menses (Chlorosis or Green Sickness)-The non-appearance of the monthly evacuation at the natural period is called retention of the menses, and is followed sooner or later by serious ill health. * * * In this disease you should give Dr. Kaufmann's Sulphur Bitters, * * * Painful Menstruation, or Dysmenorrhoea-* * * The dis- charge is scanty at first, and accompanied with grinding, or bearing-down pains, which are sometimes as severe, if not severer, than those of labor. * * * Profuse Menstruation, or Menorrhagia-In an unhealthy state of the system the quantity of menstrual fluid discharged may be increased to such an extent as to cause extreme debility. * * * Leucorrhoea, or Whites (Fluor Albus)-Fluor Albus or Whites, consists of a discharge from the vagina of a milky-white color. * * * Dr. Kauffman's Sulphur Bitters should always be taken * * * The turn of Life. The final cessation of the menses is called the Turn of Life, or the critical period of life, * * * Thousands of ladies have sent me letters telling me what good Dr. Kauffman's Sulphur Bit- ters have done them during this period. Scabies or Itch * * * Carbuncles * * * Dr. Kaufmann's Sulphur Bitters will aid * * * Chronic Diseases * * * Boils * * * Furunculus * * * Take a teaspoonful of Dr. Kaufmann's Sulphur Bitters night and morning * * * Pemphigus and Rupia * * * Dr. Kaufmann's Sulphur Bitters will help you. * * * Nursing Sore Mouth, Stomatitis Materna * * * Dr. Kaufmann's Sulphur Bitters. Goitre-Bronchocele, or Thick Neck * * * Dr. Kaufmann's Sul- phur Bitters * * * Pimples * * * Take a teaspoonful of Dr. Kauf- mann's Sulphur Bitters three times a day * * * Foul and Offensive Breath * * * Likewise take Sulphur Bitters night and morning * * * Hidden diseases * * * Dr. Kaufmann's Sulphur Bitters * * * Nervous Diseases * * * Catarrh * * * A teaspoonful of * * * should be taken three times a day * * * Dyspepsia, or Indigestion * * * Jaundice * * * Sulphur Bitters acts like magic in jaundice * * * piles * * * Dr. Kaufmann's Sulphur Bitters should then be used regularly * * * To Mill Operatives, Mechanics, Clerks and All Employed Indoors * * *Ecthyma or Pushes * * * Take a teaspoonful of Dr. Kaufmann's Sulphur Bitters night and morning * * * Sick and Nervous Headache * * * Nightmare * * * Sleep * * * Salt Rheum * * * Keep right on using Br. Kaufmann's Sulphur Bitters * * * Canker in the Mouth and Stomach, or Thrush * * * The Blues * * * Mothers * * * Tinea Favus, or Scaldhead * * * Syphilis * * * Liver Complaint or Biliousness * * * Malaria, Fever and Ague, Intermittent Fever, or Shakes * * * Chronic Ulcers or Old Sores * * * Hysteria or Hysterics * * *. that Tired and All-Gone Feeling." On February 28, 1930, 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. ABTHXJB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.