19675. Misbranding of Dr. Tripp's tonic prescription. U. S. -v. 12 Bottles of Dr. Tripp's Tonic Prescription. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 27923. I. S. No. 47832. S. No. 5929.) Examination of the drug product, Dr. Tripp's tonic prescription, involved in this action, disclosed no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing certain curative and therapeutic effects claimed for it in a circular shipped with the article. On or about March 22, 1932, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 12 bottles of the said Dr. Tripp's tonic prescription at Detroit, Mich., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about January 25, 1932, by the Norwood Pharma- ceutical Co., from Chicago, Ill., to Detroit, Mich., 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 potassium iodide (2.28 grams per 100 milliliters), extracts of plant drugs including colchicum, cinchona, and a laxative drug, red saunders, alcohol, and water. Total cinchona alkaloids (0.17 gram per 100 milliliters, 7 milligrams per teaspoonful). It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the following statements regarding its curative and therapeutic effects, appearing in the circular, were false and fraudulent, since the said article contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed: "Be Alive! Enjoy Rugged Health Use * * * for Blood Im- purities * * * Rheumatism, Arthritis, Neuritis, and All Blood or Skin Troubles * * * How Health Dies Watch for These Symptoms Health Chart Blood Impurities Skin Troubles * * * Nervous Debility Rheuma- tism * * * Many Ills Result From Some Slight Cause But—Human Wrecks Gain New Health, Strength, Vigor, Through Dr. Tripp's Marvelous Scientific Discovery—a Tonic Prescription that Revitalizes the Entire Human System by Eliminating Poisons The Downward Road Human forms are merely pieces of mechanism—vastly more delicate, however, than any machine of human construction. But, like an automobile, for example, if the transmission becomes clogged, if the obstruction is allowed to continue, the entire mechanism is certain to ' go to pieces.' So, if some obstruction to the working of the human system occurs—if some functioning organ, nerve center, blood cell or canal, becomes a subject of interference in its operation, and this condition is allowed to continue, defects in functioning are certain to spread throughout the human system. Thus, even a ' tired feeling' is a sure index that something is wrong with the internal mechanism. Mere weariness is a warning that some portion of the system needs careful attention to determine its health status. Constipa- tion a First Step towards a Completely Disorganized System It is an axiom in the medical world that Constipation is the cause of more serious complica- tions, the basis of many more dangerous ailments, than any other form of obstruction to functioning of the orKans. Constipation merely means that the digestive tracts and organs are not working properly. When that occurs, even though the trouble may have lasted only a few days, various poisons have been developed from the food secretions. They become distributed to the entire human system through blood action. When a second ' slight attack' of Consti- pation occurs, more poisons are sent through the system—and Constipation becomes more frequent—it turns into a ' chronic' case. Carelessness Aids No ailment is neglected so frequently through carelessness as Constipation. It is characteristic of humans to regard Constipation merely as a temporary condition. Yet, among first results of Constipation are such perilous ailments and diseases as all blood and skin disorders, fevers of various types, constant headaches, pains and aches throughout the body, ills that develop rapidly into such agonizing diseases as Rheumatism, Gout, Neuritis, Arthritis, Sciatica, Kidney ailments, blood impurities that induce such torturing and disfiguring ailments as Acne, Eczema, Pimples, Blackheads, Scrofula. For these reasons all humanity should avoid Constipation as a pestilence, for aside from the ailments already mentioned, Constipation is the direct cause of a nervous and physical breakdown, through shattering the entire nerve system of the body. Health Restoration Must Depend on Reproducing Normal Conditions Through many years it was thought by even the most expert physicians that ailments, particularly those of a painful nature, should be treated 'locally'—that is as ailments that should be considered as originating at or near the point where the pain occurs. Thus, in case of Rheumatism, Gout, Neuritis, Arthritis, Sciatica, etc., it was thought local applications—liniments or soothing injec- tions^—would be sufficient to destroy the disease. But later research dis- closed the conditions above related—that such ailments have their rise in more fundamental causes and therefore, must be treated fundamen- tally. * * * Awaken the Body Dr. Tripp's investigations led him to the positive conclusion that most of the human ills are due to dormant or obstructed conditions of some part of the system. He deter- mined to find some method for awakening those functioning organs that were dormant and removing the obstructions from those that were clogged. After long experimentation with various mineral, vegetable and alterative ele- ments, Dr. Tripp produced a compound which proved, after many drastic tests, to be a restorative for disordered conditions of the blood, stomach and nerve systems. -His secret scientific formula was guarded carefully for years, but the rapid, careless, modern life has brought on such a sweeping destruction of average human health that public interest and benefit now demand that this wonderfully restorative prescription be placed in the reach of all humanity. Proper Functioning of All the System Must be Brought About Set every organ of the body at work. Oust blood impurities. Cleanse the stomach of collected food poisons. Give Nature a proper chance to keep the human sys- tem in normal condition by removing the antagonistic conditions brought about by carelessness, inattention to proper eating, and the wrongful 'dosing' * * * the effects of various * * * healthful ingredients produced by Nature * * * has succeeded is shown by the * * * commendations * * * Constipation If you are ignorant of the direful results that follow just one ailment—Constipation—read the following partial list of diseases or distresses that grow out of continued Constipation: * * * Blotches, Blem- ishes. Nervousness, Backaches, A ' Generally Run Down' Condition, Liver, Bladder, Kidney Diseases, Gout, Lumbago, Rheumatism, * * * Arthritis, Neuritis, Women's Ailments, Completely Shattered System. When you under- stand the numerous and dangerous complications that almost surely arise from neglecting symptoms of an obstructed physical organization, you will under- stand more readily how one scientifically compounded prescription may be depended upon to restore healthful conditions, even to a physical system that may be almost completely disorganized. Cleansing of Blood and Stomach Organs Opens Road to Health Dr. Tripp's Tonic Prescription is, first of all, a dissolver of poisons and cleanser of the system. It dissolves and throws off— eliminates—the poisonous products stored up in the glands and tissues. The alteratives the compound contains hasten to carry the toxins out of the blood circulation; the compounds act rapidly in alkalinizing the blood stream and reducing acidosis—and continues to do this work until the patient is relieved. While this cleansing process is going on the Tonic elements of the prescription are serving to build up strength, vitality * * * and with them the optimism of returning health that in itself is a powerful aid to complete restoration. Painful His Rheumatism, a common form of ailment, is most frequently a stubborn disease. Its torturing pains, its habits of causing frequently dis- torted hands, twisted legs, or bent back, make it one of the most terrifying of human ills. Associated with Rheumatism are several other forms of disease similar to a large degree in their effects to Rheumatism. Acute inflammatory Rheumatism may be regarded as an infectious disorder—an invasion into the blood stream of bacteria. Articular Rheumatism, known as ' joint' Rheuma- tism, arises from unoxidized products, impurities in the blood, etc. It can be seen readily, therefore, that mere local applications, or purely local treatments— that is, medicaments designed to strike only at relieving pain—cannot be ex- pected to bring about permanent relief. To do so, one must strike at organic purification—and that is the principle of Dr. Tripp's Tonic Prescription. Gout, Arthritis, Neuritis, Sciatica, Lumbago—All from One Condition So it is with other forms of disease of Rheumatic character—Gout, Arthritis, Neuritis, Sci- atica, Lumbago. Arising, as they do, from a disorganized internal condition, the scientific method of treatment, according to Dr. Tripp, is to strike at that disorganized condition—bring about healthful action of the functioning organs of the body, expel blood impurities, thus giving new life and vigor to the human tissues, the bones, the nerve system, stomach operation, digestive organs, and bringing about natural, healthful expelling of food secretions and their accumulating poisons * * * In many cases the physicians themselves were sufferers from a malady they did not know how to destroy—yet they acknowl- edge freely that Dr. Tripp's Tonic Prescription brought them complete relief. * * * You also will find proofs from patients, many of whom were victims for years of chronic ailments, who tell you they were relieved completely * * * and that their ailment has not since returned to afflict them. Dr. Tripp's Tonic Prescription is Valuable for Preserving Health, as well as for Restoring It At the slightest appearance of fatigue from over-work, over- indulgence, or any other cause, the use of Dr. Tripp's Tonic Prescription will prove astonishingly beneficial in bringing about buoyancy of spirits, vigorous physical and mental activity—and in acting as a deterrent against inroads of any of the many forms of ailment arising from any depression in the condition of health. In more advanced stages of a ' breakdown' Dr. Tripp's Tonic Prescription will be found remarkably beneficial, no matter how baffling the case may be, and regardless of what forms of treatment may have been used without avail. * * * Its tonic effects begin to be felt almost immediately. A healthier bowel movement becomes apparent. * * * The listless feeling induced by sluggish blood begins to disappear. The muscles respond more freely when called into action—and the agonizing pains in cases of Rheuma- tism, Arthritis, Neuritis, etc., lessen rapidly as the treatment progresses. As day by day passes and you become more invigorated, more optimistic, your entire being begins to be filled with healthful and happiness producing vitality * * * in many cases these doctors used Dr. Tripp's Tonic Prescription to relieve their own sufferings. * * * Is Your Ailment Listed Here? Look over the list of ailments listed below. If you are afflicted with any one of them, or if your symptoms indicate that any one of these ailments is getting a hold on you, respect your own health—get a bottle * * * Dizziness * * * Neuritis, Liver Complaint, Nervous Debility, * * * Skin Troubles, Arthritis, Bladder Troubles, Rheumatism, Or, if you have a feeling of general sluggishness, if your complexion is sallow, if you feel ' all run down,' if action of the kidneys is not free—these are symptoms leading to one or more of the serious ailments mentioned—and others still more dangerous. * * * Suf- ferers, * * * your own good judgment must tell you you should not risk complications, but should protect your health and happiness * * * Regain Health Now Quick, permanent relief from bodily ailments arising from reme- dial causes—such as * * * Blood Impurities, Stomach Disorders * * * [Testimonials] Minister Is Restored to Pastorate Free from Suffering He is now able to travel in all kinds of weather to preach the gospel * * * Free from former agonizing pains * * * 'My son obtained your Dr. Tripp's Tonic Prescription for me and I want you to know that it has entirely eradi- cated my Rheumatism, from which I was a sufferer for a number of years. As I am a Baptist minister, I am subjected to a great deal of exposure while visiting and preaching in the various churches in my circuit, over a wide area here in southern Kansas, and must travel in all kinds of weather.' I have taken two bottles of Dr. Tripp's Tonic Prescription and am entirely cured and feeling better than I ever did, and am free from all of my former agonizing pain. My wife has also been freed by the same means, and we are both recommending it to all our friends as the only preparation that we have ever found that does the work and I wish to thank you for putting such a wonderful medicine on the market, and I heartily commend it to anyone who is a Rheumatic sufferer.' * * * 'I am freer from pain than I have been for many years.' * * * 'Results obtained in the case of my wife were highly satisfactory. She is now able to attend to her household duties.' «* * * case 0f Two years' standing, which was entirely relieved on one bottle.' * * * ' Covering a series of a hundred cases embracing all the known forms of Rheumatism, the results have far exceeded my expectations. * * * for the relief and cure of suffering humanity.' * * * for Neuritis. * * * ' The undersigned tried your Dr. Tripp's Prescription personally for torticollis and neuritis of right shoulder with good results. Being convinced that it delivers am using it daily in rheumatic cases with success.' * * * Treats Wife's Arthritis Case '* * * Have been trying your Dr. Tripp's Prescription on my wife's case of arthritis and am very much pleased with results so far.' * * * Does Not Injure Stomach * * * 'Have been using your medicine on my wife. It seems to be giving her more relief than anything else she has ever taken to relieve her rheumatism. This medicine does not hurt her stomach any like the other medicines she has taken from time to time. My wife has been afflicted for some twenty-five years. * * * Before bottle was half gone much improvement was reported and last time I saw patient, she felt practically free from discomfort. This case convinced me that you have a very efficacious remedy.' * * * Relieves 79-Year-Old Woman * * * ' I had a chronic case, an old lady 79 years old, afflicted with rheumatic arthritis. She, after taking one bottle of Dr. Tripp's Prescription is like a new person. I certainly was astonished at her condition as it is al- most miraculous. As for myself, after taking nearly all of one bottle I am wonderfully relieved. I have been a chronic rheumatic for forty years.' * * * ' If it always gives results as it did in this case, * * *' ' I had inflammatory rheumatism and gout. Am a heavy man, my weight being 265 pounds. I took of a bottle first and was cured for two years. Last Fall I felt another attack coming on and immediately got two bottles. One I kept in my office, the other at my home. Before taking % of each bottle I was cured.' * * * Says Neuritis Disappeared ' I had suffered terrible misery with neuritis for almost two years * * * I got relief while taking the first bottle of Dr. Tripp's Prescription and am now entirely free from all pain.' * * * Dis- cards Crutches—Blood Pressure Drops ' I was walking with crutches. I phoned drug store to send me a bottle on Monday. I began using it that day. Wednes- day I could walk without crutches and have never used them since. I am well. I don't suffer at all. I had suffered with high blood pressure, but after taking Dr. Tripp's Prescription I am well.' * * * Couldn't Walk for Eight Months ' I used two bottles of your Dr. Tripp's Prescription last Spring when I could not walk for eight months. I am perfectly cured now and feel good.' * * * 12-Year-Old Lumbago Case ' I have been subject to attacks of lumbago for the past twelve years, having several attacks a year, often being confined to my bed and not able to turn over alone. I took two bottles of Dr. Tripp's Prescription over a year ago and have not had an attack since. Prior to taking your medicine I doctored * * * for lumbago.' * * * Regains Use of His Arm ' For three years I had Rheumatism so bad in the right arm and shoulder that I could not reach back to get a handkerchief out of my pocket. I took Dr. Tripp's Prescription and it cured me—I can use my arm now as I am able to work. I will recommend Dr. Tripp's Prescription to every sufferer I hear of.' * * * ' Two years ago this month, April, I was taken down with inflammatory Rheumatism and was in bed two months. Doctored all the time but without much relief. However, I could walk with a cane. I have a job on a railroad; would go to work every night at 11 o'clock feeling good, but in the morning I could hardly walk home. I saw your advertisement on a Sunday, got a bottle on Monday and about Wednesday of the same week I walked home as good and well as I ever did in my life, without an ache or a pain and I have never felt a pain since.' * * * Is Able to Work Now ' Was troubled with Rheumatism for three years and at times couldn't work. * * * I used your Dr. Tripp's Prescription and am working every day now.' * * * I found out that I could work and had no more Rheumatism left.' * * * Returns to Steel Mill Work ' I had such sore joints last year that I could not work in the steel mills for a month, and I really believe I am cured, for after I took the second bottle of Dr. Tripp's Prescription the pains left my joints and bones.'" On April 7, 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. ABTHTDB M. HTDE, Secretary of Agriciilture.