20557. Misbranding of parallel Life Salt, parallel Diutone tablets, La- 
Salle's Uter-Tol tonic, and Dalles compound cough syrup; 
adulteration and Misbranding of LaSalle's antiseptic powder. 
U. S. v. Harry Lehrer (La Salle Medicine Co.). Plea of guilty to all 
counts. Fine, $200 on first count. Sentence suspended on re- 
maining counts.    (F. & D. no. 28210.    I.S. nos. 21395 to 21399, incl.)
This case was based on an interstate shipment of various proprietary medi- 
cines. Examination showed that the articles contained no ingredients or com- 
bination of ingredients capable of producing certain curative and therapeutic 
effects claimed in the labeling of the products. Tests of Sellers antiseptic 
powder showed that it was not a safe and effective antiseptic as represented.
On February 2, 1933, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid an information 
against Harry Lehrer, trading as the Salle Medicine Co., Los Angeles, Calif., 
charging violation of the Food and Drugs Act as amended. It was alleged in 
the information that the defendant had shipped, on or about September 15, 
1931, under the name of the Brunswig Drug Co., from the State of California 
into the State of Arizona, quantities of LaSalle's Life Salt, Dalles Diutone 
tablets, Sellers Uter-Tol tonic, and Dalles compound cough syrup that 
were misbranded, and a quantity of Sellers antiseptic powder that was 
adulterated and misbranded.
Analyses of samples of the products by this Department showed that Life 
Salt consisted essentially of compounds of sodium and potassium, tartrates, 
carbonates, phenolphthalein, citric acid, and sugar; Diutone tablets contained 
extracts of plant drugs, including buchu and juniper, and potassium nitrate;
Uter-Tol tonic tablets contained plant material, including tannin, resins, valeric 
acid, and volatile oils; the antiseptic powder consisted essentially of zinc sul- 
phate (13.8 percent), boric acid (85 percent), salicylic acid (0.6 percent), and 
volatile oils including thymol. Bacteriological examination of the antiseptic 
powder showed that the article was not antiseptic when used according to the 
directions stated upon the label. Analysis of a sample of the compound cough 
syrup showed that the article consisted essentially of extracts of plant drugs 
(sugars 71 percent), alcohol (5.5 percent by volume), and water.
It was alleged in the information that LaSalle's Life Salt was misbranded 
in that certain statements, designs, and devices, borne on the carton and bottle 
labels, falsely and fraudulently represented that it was effective as a life 
salt and as a stomach, liver, and intestinal cleanser and purifier; effective as 
of great merit in the treatment of all forms of stomach, liver, and intestinal 
disorders; effective to cleanse and purify the system; effective as a treatment, 
remedy, and cure for indigestion and dyspepsia; effective as a relief for indi- 
gestion, dizziness, nausea, biliousness, headaches, and all disorders of the 
stomach, liver, and intestines; that the circular shipped with the article falsely 
and fraudulently represented that it was effective to completely wash out 
the digestive tract, to remove all mucous and clinging matter from the walls 
of the stomach and intestines, and to permit the free absorption of nourishment 
by the blood; that a booklet shipped with the article falsely and fraudulently 
represented that it was effective as a relief for coated tongue, white tongue, 
aches and burnings of the stomach, vomiting, biliousness, and indigestion; 
effective to cleanse, purify, and strengthen the stomach, liver, and intestines; 
effective to completely wash out the intestines and stomach; effective as a 
treatment for bad stomach and as a relief for any disorder of the stomach; 
and effective as a relief for a disordered stomach and liver, headache, stomach 
ache, and pains in the head.
Misbranding of LaSalle's Diutone tablets was alleged for the reason that 
certain statements, designs, and devices appearing on the bottle and carton 
labels falsely and fraudulently represented that it was effective as a tonic for 
the kidneys and bladder, effective to relieve all disorders that are due to weak, 
run-down, or improper functioning of the kidneys and bladder; and effective 
as of great merit in the treatment of all disorders of the kidneys and bladder, 
such as pain in the back and hips, burning, scanty, or too abundant urine and 
rheumatism; and that a booklet shipped with the article falsely and fraudu- 
lently represented that it was effective as a treatment for lowered vitality; 
effective as a tonic to the kidneys and bladder; effective as a relief and treat- 
ment for scanty urine, sediment, mucous substances, blood in the urine and pain- 
ful urination; effective to tone up the kidneys and bladder and to put these 
organs in their normal healthy condition; effective as a treatment for diseases 
of the urinary tract, the kidneys, and bladder, catarrh of the bladder, pain or 
burning sensation in the bladder or while urinating, and frequent desire to 
urinate; effective to completely flush the kidneys and bladder, eliminate all the 
poisons and tone these organs up so that they will function normally; effective 
as a treatment for inflammation of the bladder, and inflammation of the 
urethra; effective as a treatment for gravel in kidneys and pain in the back 
of the region of the kidneys; effective to prevent the formation of stones in 
the kidneys; effective as a treatment for inflammation of the kidneys, foul 
smelling urine with blood or sediment, puffy appearance of skin under the 
eyes, swollen joints of fingers, swollen legs, Bright's Disease or degeneration or 
rotting away of the kidneys; effective as a cure for kidney disease in its first 
stages; effective as a treatment for dropsy, impoverished and impure state of 
the blood due to diseased kidneys, bloated and puffy condition of the skin, 
distended abdomen, and swelling in some part of the body; effective to restore 
the kidneys to a healthy state; effective as a treatment for any derangement 
of the urinary tract, headache, dizziness, vertigo, nervousness, sediment in the 
urine, and blood or solid substances in the urine; effective as the ideal remedy 
for any ailment of the kidneys or bladder and as a tonic to the cells of the 
kidneys; effective to remove pus and accumulations formed in the kidneys; 
effective as a prompt relief in disorders of the kidneys or bladder; effective as 
a remedy for severe pains in the back and hips, rheumatism in the joints and 
achy bones; effective, when used in connection with LaSalle's Life Salt, as a 
remedy and cure for scalding and burning urine, frequent night rising; effective 
as a remedy and cure for swollen ankles, swollen eyes, excruciating pains in 
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the small of the back and aching back; and effective as a tonic stimulant for / 
congestion or inflammation of the kidneys caused by overeating, overworking, 
or sexual excesses.
Misbranding of Dalles Uter-Tol tonic was alleged for the reason that 
certain statements, designs, and devices appearing on the bottle and carton 
labels falsely and fraudulently represented that it was effective as a tonic to 
the female generative organs; and effective to relieve all the nonsurgical ail- 
ments that are peculiar to women; and effective to relieve all the nonsurgical 
illnesses that are peculiar to women, such as painful, irregular, or suppressed 
menses, scanty or abundant menstruation, inflammation of the uterus or 
ovaries, colic, dizziness and pain in the abdomen; and effective as a valuable 
medicine in the critical periods of women's life and as a preventive of all pain 
and discomfort of the monthly period.
Misbranding of Dalles compound cough syrup was alleged for the reason 
that certain statements, designs, and devices, appearing on the bottle and 
carton labels, falsely and fraudulently represented that it was effective as of 
great value in the treatment of all forms of coughs, hoarseness, asthma, 
bronchitis, whooping cough, croup, and all affections and inflammations of the 
throat, lungs, and bronchial tubes; effective to relieve the most obstinate 
cough by removing the cause; effective as a treatment, remedy, and cure for 
whooping cough and croup in children; and effective as a remedy for all 
forms of coughs.
Adulteration of Dalles antiseptic powder was alleged for the reason that 
its strength and purity fell below the professed standard and quality under 
which it was sold, in that it was represented to be antiseptic, when used as 
directed, whereas it was not. Misbranding of Dalles antiseptic powder was 
alleged for the reason that the statements, "A combination of the safest and 
most effective antiseptics" and " a local antiseptic", borne on the package, 
were false and misleading, since the article was not a combination of the 
safest and most effective antiseptics and was not a local antiseptic when used 
as directed. Misbranding of LaSalle's antiseptic powder was alleged for the 
further reason that certain statements, designs, and devices appearing on the 
labels of the packages falsely and fraudulently represented that it was effect { 
five as a treatment for leucorrhea (whites) and inflammations or ulcerations 
of the vagina; and effective to allay inflammatory and catarrhal conditions of 
the vaginal mucous membrane and  as a treatent for female disorders.
On February 20, 1933, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to each of the 
seven counts of the information, and the court imposed a fine of $200 on count 
1, and suspended sentence on the remaining counts.
B. G. TUGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.