20927. Misbranding of Nervotol. V. S. v. 118 Bottles of Nervotol. Default 
decree of condemnation and destruction. (F, & D. no. 29891. Sam- 
ple no. 20294-A.)
Examination of the drug preparation Nervotol disclosed that it contained no 
ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing certain cura- 
tive and therapeutic effects claimed on the bottle and carton labels and in a 
circular shipped with the article.
On March 10, 1933, the United States attorney for the District of Arizona, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 118 bottles of Nervotol at 
Phoenix, Ariz., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce, on or about October 4, 1932, by the Brunswig Drug Co., from Los 
Angeles, Calif., and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act as amended. The article was labeled in part: " Nervotol * * * Manu- 
factured for Vitono Medicine Co., Los Angeles, California."
Analysis of a sample of the article by this Department showed that it con- 
sisted essentially of compounds of calcium, sodium, potassium, hypophosphites, 
small proportions of iron and manganese compounds and quinine, sugar, alec 
hoi (13.3 percent by volume), and water.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that state- 
ments appearing in the labeling (carton, bottle label, and circular) contained 
false and fraudulent statements regarding its usefulness as a treatment for 
" nerves, lack of pep, tired feeling, memory lag, difficult concentration, anemia, 
under nourishment, brainfag, mental and physical exhaustion, lost vitality, 
affected or weakened sex glands, loss in weight, catarrhal conditions of the 
stomach or digestive tract, female disorders, anemic girls entering puberty, 
delayed, painful or profuse menstruation, symptoms associated with change 
of life in women, mineral deficiency in expectant mothers, defective bone, teeth 
and blood formation in the growing child, rickets, cretinism, wrinkled, scaly, 
yellow skin, watery eyes, rundown systems resulting from coughs, colds, 
bronchial affections and general debility, pulmonary affection, severe consti- 
pation, insomnia, prostration, stomach pains, ' TBI, ulcers of the stomach, 
and tonsilitis."    Similar claims were made in the Spanish language.
On April 4, 1933, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation was entered and it was ordered by the court that the product 
be destroyed by the United States marshal.
R. G. TUGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.