21182. Misbranding of Dr. Thacher's Diarrhoea Mixture.    U. S. v. 160 Pack¬
ages and 134 Packages of Dr. Thacher's Diarrhoea Mixture. 
Default decrees of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. nos. 
29761, 29762.    Sample nos. 13222-A, 13359-A.)
Examination of the drug preparation Dr. Thacher's Diarrhoea Mixture dis- 
closed that it contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of 
producing certain curative and therapeutic effects claimed on the carton and 
bottle labels.
On January 20, 1933, the United States attorney for the Middle District of 
Alabama, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis- 
trict court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 134 packages of Dr. 
Thacher's Diarrhoea Mixture at Montgomery, Ala., and on January 21, 1933, 
the United States attorney for the Northern District of Alabama filed a libel 
against 160 packages of the product at Birmingham, Ala. It was alleged in the 
libels that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce, between the 
dates of May 12 and June 23, 1932, by the Allied Drug Products Co., from 
Chattanooga, Tenn., and that it was misbranded 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 small proportions of extracts of plant drugs including a 
trace of tannin, approximately 0.4 percent of inorganic material including an 
iron compound, and large proportions of glycerin and water, flavored with clove 
oil.
It was alleged in the libels that the article was misbranded in that the 
following statements, appearing on the carton and bottle labels, regarding the 
curative and therapeutic effects of the article, were false and fraudulent: 
(Carton) "Diarrhoea, * * * Recommended as Valuable in the Treatment 
of Diarrhoea, Cholera Morbus, Cramp Colic, * * * Children Teething"; 
(bottle) Diarrhoea * * * Recommended as valuable in the treatment of 
Cholera Morbus, Diarrhoea, Children Teething and Sudden Attacks of Cramps 
and pains in the Bowels. * * * Directions: for a child 1 year old, 10 drops; 
. 2 yrs. 15 to 20 drops; 4 to 8 yrs. 20 to 25 drops; 10 to 15 yrs. 30 drops. Adults 1 
teaspoonful.   Take in a spoonful of water after each action of the bowels."
On June 30, 1933, and August 5, 1933, no claimant having appeared for the 
property, judgments of condemnation were entered and it was ordered by the 
court that the products be destroyed by the United States marshal.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.