19467. Misbranding of  Dr.   Simmons   Four-Fold  salve.    V.   S.  v.   54  Pack¬
ages, et al., of Dr. Simmons Four-Fold Salve. Default decree of 
condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 27720. 
I. S. No. 32237.    S. No. 5796.)
Examination of a drug product, known as Dr. Simmons Four-Fold salve, 
from the shipment herein described having disclosed no ingredient or combina- 
tion of ingredients capable of producing the curative and therapeutic effects 
claimed for the article in the jar and carton labels, and in an accompanying 
circular and sample tin container, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the 
matter to the United States attorney for the District of Colorado.
On February 9, 1932, the United States attorney filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of 54 packages and 36 samples of the said Dr. Simmons Four-Fold 
salve, remaining in the original unbroken packages at Trinidad, Colo., con- 
signed by Wm. R Warner Co., St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been 
shipped from St. Louis, Mo., on or about October 24, 1931, and had been 
transported from the State of Missouri into the State of Colorado, and charging 
misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act as amended.
Analysis of a sample of Dr. Simmons Four-Fold salve by this department 
showed that the article consisted essentially of volatile oils (10 per cent) 
including camphor, menthol, and methyl salicylate, incorporated in petroleum 
(90 per cent).
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the fol- 
lowing statements appearing in the labeling, regarding the curative or thera- 
peutic effects of the said article, were false and fraudulent, since it contained 
no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the effects 
claimed: (Jar) "Recommended in the treatment of Pneumonia, * * * 
chest-coughs, Tonsilitis, Bronchitis, Boils, * * * in the treatment of in- 
flammation and congestion of lungs, throat, and air passages. * * * open 
the pores of the painful parts by applying warm cloths wet or dry;" (carton) 
" Pneumonia * * * Coughs and Inflammations, and Congestions of the 
respiratory orKans. * * * Inflammation and Congestion of the lungs, air 
passages and throat. * * * Inflammation and congestion of the Throat, 
Lungs and Air Passages, such as * * * Colds in the chest, Catarrh, Asthma, 
Tonsilitis and other forms of Sore Throat * * * may be used in large 
quantities in severe cases. * * * Boils * * * Stiffness in the neck 
and joints and soothes the pains of Rheumatism;" (circular) " For the 
best results in more severe cases the specific directions should be followed. 
Colds in the * * * Chest— * * * treat colds of any kind as soon 
as they appear— * * * Rub the salve well over the chest and neck 
freely, * * * Pneumonia— * * * apply Four-Fold Salve to the Chest, 
throat  and  back—   *    *    *    repeat   this   treatment  as   often  as  necessary
* * * For Localized Pains * * * apply Four-Fold Salve * * * 
Asthma and Catarrh— * * * Eczema * * * Boils, * * * Apply 
Four-Fold Salve to the afflicted parts— * * * in toothaches and sore gums. 
Coughs— * * * Tonsilitis, Bronchitis and Non Diptheretic Sore Throat— 
Apply to the Throat * * * repeat this treatment as often as necessary;" 
(sample tin container) "For Croup * * * Colds in the Chest, Catarrh, 
Asthma, Tonsilitis and other forms of Sore Throat."
On March 29, 1932, 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. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.